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Wire Parameters 393
Inter face
Once you assign an Orientation constraint, you
can access its properties on the Position Constraint
rollout in the Motion panel. In this rollout you
can add or delete targets, assign weig hting , assign
and animate target weight values, and adjust other,
relate d parameters.
Note: When you assign an Orientation constraint
via the Animation m enu, the software assi gns
a Rotation List controller to your object. In the
Rotation List rollout list you will find Orientation
Constraint, which is the constraint you assigned.
To view the Orientation Constraint rollout,
double-click Orientation Constraint entry in the
list.
Add Or ientat ion Target—Adds new target objects
that influence the constrained object.
Add World a s Target—Aligns the constrained object
to the world axis. You can weight the amount
of influence that the world target has on the
constrainedobjectasyouwouldanyothertarget
object.
Delete Or ientation Target—Remove targets. Once
removing the target, it will no longer influence the
constrained object.
Weight—Assigns and animates weight va lues for
each target.
K eep Initial Offset—Preserves the original
orientation of the constrained object. When you
turn off Keep Initial Offset, the object adjusts itself
to match the orientation of its target or targets.
Default=off.
Transf orm Rule—When an orientation constraint
isappliedtoanobjectthatispartofahierarchy,
this determines whether the local node transform
or the parent transform will be used for the
orientation constraint.
Local —–>—Local—When selected, the local node
transform is used for the orientation constraint
Worl d —–>—Worl d —When selected, the parent or
world transform wil l be applied, rather than the
local node transform.
Parameter Wiring
Wire Parameters
Select an object. > Animation menu > Wire Parameters >
Wire Parameters
Select an object. > Right-click quad menu > Transform
(lower-right) quadrant > Wire Parameters
W ire Parameters allow you to link any animatable
parameters from one object to another in the
viewport. Thisenablesyoutosetuptwo-way
links between specified object parameters, or