The Generation Settings dialog allows you to control how the display looks on the Generations view.

 

 

 

 

 

Ordering

 

•Display most recent generation first change which generations is displayed first

 

Most recent generation first

 

 

Most recent generation last

 

 

 

Orientation

 

•Orientation change if generations are displayed horizontally or vertically

 
Horizontal. Sorting is done via the column headers. Rows are auto-highlighted as you mouse over them.

 

 

Vertical. Sorting is done via the row headers. Columns are auto-highlighted as you mouse over them.
 
Vertical orientation allows you to easily see runaway growth of a particular type as generations are created.

 

 

 

Automatic Update

 

•Automatically update the display update the display (if the generations display is visible) when new generations of objects are created