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Reaction Manager Dialog 345
Inter face
After assigning a Reaction controller , right-click
the track and then choose Propert ies, or choose
Animation > Reaction Manager, to open the
Reaction Manager dialog (page 2–345) .
Reaction Manager Dialog
Animation me nu > Reaction Manager
Track View > Highlight a track in the Trac k V iew hierarchy.
> Assign a Reaction-ty pe controller (e.g., Position
Reaction).
Select an object. > Motion panel > Assign Controller
rollout > Highlight a track . > Click Assign Controller
> Choose a Reaction-type controller (e.g., Position
Reaction).
Use the Reaction Manager dialog for setting up
and mo difying
Reaction controllers (page 2–342) .
Reaction Manager lets you add and delete masters
and slaves, define states for react ions, use a graph
to view and modify reactions with curves, and
more.
Note: If you assign a Reaction controller while
React ion Manager is open, the dialog closes. To
reopen it, choose Animation menu > Reaction
Manager. If you use Reaction Manager often, it’s
recommended that you assign a keyboard shortcut
to the command.
Procedure
Example: To use the Reaction Manager dialog:
The pur pose of t his procedure is to show
you different ways to use Reaction Manager.
Before trying it, we suggest that you first follow
the introductory procedure in the Reaction
Cont rollers topic:
Example: To make the position
of a sphere react to the position of a box: (page
2–342)
.Also,trythe production-oriented tutorial
in the 3ds Max 7 Tutorials .
1. Start or reset 3ds Max.
2. In the Perspective viewpor t, add a box and a
sphere object. Also add a
Slider manipulator
(page 2–30)
,andgiveitthelabelSlider.
Theviewportshouldresemblethefollowing
illustration:
You’ll use the slider to con trol two slaves
separately: Negative values for the box X
position, and positive values for the sphere’s
Hemisphere parameter.
3. On the Create panel > Parameters rollout, set
Minimum to -100.0.
The slider’s current value is 0.
4. Open the Reaction Manager dialog from the
Animation menu and position it so you can see
the Perspective viewport.
At this point, the dialog is empty.
5. On the upper toolbar, click Add Master,
and then click the Slider manipulator in the
Perspective viewport.
6. On the pop-up menu that appears, choose
Object (Slider) > value.
In the Reactions list, the master entry Slider01 /
value appears.