Apple Shake 4 Tutorials - Manual (Page 50)

50 Tutorial 2 Intermediate Skills
• Delete: Select the nodes by clicking, Shift-clicking or dragging a selection box, then
press Delete.
• Delete Connection: Control-click the noodle, or move the pointer over one end of the
noodle (it turns magenta at the bottom or yellow at the top), then press Delete.
Grouping Nodes and Using SetDOD
When your script includes many elements, two features can help you control the
organization and rendering of the nodes: the SetDOD node and the Groups command.
SetDOD provides a powerful optimization step that reduces rendering time, I/O activity,
and memory use. The Groups commands lets you combine two or more nodes into a
“grouped” node in the tree.