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Track View 483
Inter face
X, Y, Z—Tu r n of f any a xis in the Move, Rotate, or
Scale group boxes to prevent inheritance.
Whenyouturnonanaxis,transforminformation
passes from the p arent to the child for that axis.
When you t urn off an axis, transform information
on that axis is ignored by the child.
Track View
Track Vie w
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)
Graph Editors menu > New Track View
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Curve Editor
Graph Editors menu > Track View - D ope Sheet
With Track View, you can view and edit all the keys
that you create. You can also assign animation
controllers to interpolate or control all the keys
and p ar ameters for the objects in your scene.
Track View uses two different modes, Cur ve Editor
and Dope Sheet. Curve Editor mode lets you
display the animation as function curves. Dope
Sheet mode displays the animation as a spreadsheet
of keys and ranges. Keys are color-coded for easy
identification. Some of the functions in Track
View,suchasmovinganddeletingkeys,arealso
available on the track bar near the time slider,
which can be expanded to show curves as well.
You can dock the Curve Editor and D ope Sheet
windows beneath the viewports at the bottom of
the interface, or use them as floating windows.
Track View layouts can b e named and stored in t he
Track View buffer and reused. Track View layouts
are stored with the MAX file.
Track View — Curve Editor
Track View — Dope Sheet (Edit Keys)
Typ ical Use s for Tr ack View
Track View can per form a variety of scene
management and animation cont rol tasks. Use
Tra ck View to:
• Display a list of objects in your scene and their
parameters.
• Change key values.
•Changekeytiming.
• Change controller ranges (see procedure).
• Change interpolation between keys.
•Editrangesofmultiplekeys.
•Editblocksoftime.