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Scale XYZ Controller 355
Scale XYZ Controller
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (Open) > Select a scale track
in the Track View hierarchy > Track View menu bar >
Controller menu > Assign > Scale XYZ
Graph Editors > Track Vi ew – Curve Editor > Select a scale
track in the Track View hierarchy > Track View menu bar >
Controller menu > Assign > Scale XYZ
The Scale XYZ controller has independent
float controllers for each scale axis of an object’s
transform. With three sep ar ate tracks for scale, you
can create scale keys for each axis independently,
change interpolation settings for a single axis, or
assign a controller on an axis. For example, after
applying a Scale XYZ controller, yo u could apply a
Noise or Waveform controller to an axis to animate
that axis independently.
The Scale XYZ controller assigns three keys (one
for each axis), by default. In previous versions of
the software, you had to edit the keys manually in
order to create explicit axis keys. However, there
are now actions available from the
Customize User
Interface dialog (page 3–836)
that let you create
explicit axis keys (page 2–292) .
Tip: Open Track View to view and edit the three
scale tracks.
Procedure
Example: To a ssign the Scale XY Z controller to an
obj ect:
1.
IntheTopviewport,createasphere.
2. Right-click over the sphere and choose Curve
Editor from the quad menu.
Track View - Cur ve Editor opens with the
sphere as the first item in the hierarchy.
3. In the Track View hierarchy, click the Scale
track.
4. From the Track View menus, choose Controller
> Assign and select Scale XYZ from t he Assign
Cont roller dialog.
Three tracks are displayed and are a vailable to
control the object’s scale.
5. In the Track View hierarchy, click the Z Scale
track, click Controller > Assign from the Track
View menus, and then choose Noise Float from
the dialog.
The N oise Controller dialog automatically
displays.
6. Click Play. The sphere changes scale along the
Z a x is, controlled by the Noise controller.
Interfa ce
After applying the Scale XYZ controller to an
object, Scale XYZ parameters appear in a rollout
on the Motion panel.
Scale A xis—Adjusts an axis using controls in the
Motion panel > Key Info rollout.
Anaxisshouldalreadyhaveakeytoadjust.To
createkeys,eitherturnonAutoKeyandscalethe
object, or click Sc ale in the Create Key group on
the PRS Parameters rollout.