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right-click the highlighted “Unassigned” label,
and then choose Replace Master from the context
menu. Finally, choose the master track.
Add S lave—Places you i n Add Slave mode,
letting you assign a slave track to the currently
highlighted master in the Reactions list. Highlight
a master and then click Add Slave. Click an object
in a viewport, and then use the pop-up menu
to choose an animation t r ack to use as slave.
Alternatively, choose a track in Track View or from
the Motion panel > Assign Controller rollout list.
Available only when a master is highlighted in the
Reactions list.
To add multiple slaves, click Add Slave and then
press H to open the Pick Object dialog. Highlight
the objects to add, and then click Pick. The pop-up
menu t hen appears, prompting you to choose an
animation track to use as slave. The same track
is used from each object. Alternatively, select the
objects and then use Add S elected (see following).
If multiple masters are highlighted when you add a
slave or slaves, the slave is added to the first master
in the list.
If any states are highlighted in the States list, the
new slave or slaves are added to the highlighted
states. If no states are highlighted in the States list,
React ion Manager creates a new state with the
added slave or slaves.
Add S elected—Lets you add slave tracks to
the cur rent master for any selected objects in the
view por ts. Opens a pop-up menu from which
you can choose a track. If multiple objects are
selected, this track is added as a slave for each
selected object. Available only when a master is
high lighted in the Reactions list and at least one
object is selected in the viewports.
If multiple masters are highlighted, the slaves are
added to the first master in the list.
If any states are highlighted in the States list, the
new slave or slaves are added to the hig hlighted
states. If no states are highlighted in the States list,
React ion Manager creates a new state with the
added slave or slaves.
Delete S elected—Deletes any items
highlighted in the Reac tions list.
If you delete a slave, any related state definitions
are deleted from the States list, althou g h the states
themselves remain. If you delete a master, all of its
slaves and any related states are also deleted.
Show Selected—When on, displays data in the
Reactions list only for objects selected in the
viewports. This lets you restrict display reaction
setups to objects of immediate interest, without
having to scroll through long lists of parameters.
When off, shows a ll objects and states, regardless
of viewport selection st atus.
If the master is selected in the viewport, Show
Selected shows a ll slaves in the Reaction list
whether or not they’re selected.
Update Selection—Refreshes the list contents
based on the current selection. Available only
when Show Selected is on and the viewport
selection has changed.
Start/End—Thesecolumnsshowthefirstand
last animation frames for which the master-slave
relationship is in effect. These default to the
active time segment (page 3–998) .Use standard
methods
to change these values.
If multiple slaves assigned to the same m aster have
different Start or End values, the master’s Star t and
End fields are blan k.
Curve—This column shows an X when the graph
curve (page 2–352)
is used to modify Strength,
Influence, and Falloff. To specify these numerically