Patent ID: 8566736

Claim:
A method of displaying computer graphics data associated with multiple parameters including a time parameter, the method comprising: displaying a first view including computer graphics data entities in association with the time parameter, wherein the computer graphics data entities comprise three-dimensional geometry used to render a sequence of one or more animation frames, wherein the computer graphics data entities are associated with layer parameters, and wherein the first view displays the computer graphics data entities as a function of the time parameter; receiving a first selection of the computer graphics data entities in the first view; and a selection of at least a second parameter, wherein the second parameter is one of a layer parameter, a pose parameter, a rendering pass parameter, a component relationship parameter, and a wedge parameter; generating a supplemental view from the first selection of the computer graphics data entities in the first view and the selected second parameter; displaying the supplemental view including the first selection of the computer graphics data entities in association with the selected second parameter, wherein the supplemental view displays the first selection of the computer graphics data entities as a function of the selected second parameter, wherein the supplemental view comprises: composited values of at least a portion of the first selection of computer graphics data entities, wherein the composited values are determined by compositing the portion of the first selection of computer graphics data entities according to their associated layer parameters and a visual indicator between the composited values and associated values of the second parameter.