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1116 Chapter 14: Character Studio
BipedKeyboardShortcuts
Action Shor tcut Descript ion
Alternate
Footstep Creation
Q
Alternates footstep
creation from
left-to-right and back.
Watch the footstep
type change in the
status panel.*
Body Horizontal Selects the center of
mass to ed it horizontal
biped motion
Body Rotation Selects the center of
mass to edit biped
rotational motion
Body Vertical Selects the center of
mass to edit vertical
biped motion
Change Leg State
ALT+CTRL+S
Toggles foot states of
the selected leg at the
current frame. View the
state c hange in the leg
states displayed on the
Biped rollout.
Collapse Move All
Mode Changes
ALT+M
Copy Posture ALT+C
Copies the posture
of the selected
biped objects to the
clipboard.
Fix Graphs
ALT+CTRL+F
Searches for any
problem in the motion
and prompts you
whetherornottofix
problems it en counters.
Problems it looks for
include overlapping
keys, keys past the
end of the footstep
range, keys at negative
frames, or illegal
footstep timing. Click
OK when prompted
to fix these problems
automatically.
Action Shor tcut Descript ion
Lock Selected
Keys (toggle)
ALT+CTRL+L
Toggles locked keys
(red) on and off for the
selected leg or ver tical
track key at the current
frame. In Track View,
you can watch the key
turn from red to gray,
and back again, a s you
lock and unlock it.
Paste Posture AL T+V
Pastes the posture from
the clipboard onto
the currently selected
biped.
Paste Posture
Opposite
ALT+B Pastes Posture
Opposite for the
currently selected
biped.
Play Biped
V
Toggles Biped
playback.
Previous or Next PAGE UP /
PAGE DOWN
Takes you to the
next or previous link,
cross-section, or control
point, depending upon
the current selection.*
Reset all limb keys
ALT+K
Scale In Transform
(toggle)
ALT+CTRL+E
This tog gle strips the
scale from the biped.
Developers shou ld use
this when exporting
biped objects as regular
3dsMaxlinksthrough
the 3ds Max SDK.
Animators should not
use this shortcut.
Set Free Key
Set Key
0
Sets a biped key.
Set Planted Key
Set Range ALT+R
Resets the total
animation length to the
length of the current
biped footstep range.
Set Sliding Key
Toggle Biped Keys
in Track Bar
ALT+T
TV Select end of
footstep
ALT+D
Selec t s all rig ht ed ge s of
the selected footsteps
in Track View.