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Respect Animation Range 527
range. Choosing this option changes the track’s
background color to pur ple.
This setting is ac tive by default on all new
controller tracks (turn off the Override Parametric
Cont roller Range By Default option in the
Animation Preferences (page 3–868) to change it).
However, controller tracks from older scenes are
set to
Respect Animation Range (page 2–527) to
maintain their original behavior.
Procedure
Example: To set a controller tr ack to ignore the
animation range:
1.
Create a sphere.
2. On the Motion Panel > Assign Controller
rollout, highlight the sphere’s Position track.
3. Click the Assign Controller button, and
then choose Noise Position from the Assign
Cont roller dialog.
4. The Noise Controller dialog opens. Keep the
current settings and close the dialog.
5. Select the sphere, and then rig ht-click it. From
the quad menu, choose Dope Sheet.
6. Expand the hierarchy items in the Controller
window until you find the sphere’s Position
track.
7. Drag the track’s range bar until it starts at frame
10.
8. Play the animation.
BecauseIgnoreAnimationRangeisonby
default,thespheremovesrandomlyevenbefore
entering the track’s animation range.
R espect A nimati on R a nge
Track View - Dope sheet > Select a Controller track >
Controller menu > Ignore Animation Range
Respect Animation Range constrains a parametric,
non-keyable controller track to be active only
w ithin the track’s current animation range.
Choosing this option changes the track’s
background color to gray.
Note: While Ignore Animation Range (page
2–526)
is the default setting (turn off the Override
Parametric Controller Range By Default option in
the
Animation Preferences (page 3–868) to change
it), controller tracks from older scenes are set to
this setting to m aintain their original behavior.
Procedure
Example: To set a controller track to respect the
animation range:
1.
Create a sphere.
2. On the Motion Panel > Assign Controller
rollout, highlig ht the sphere’s Position t rack.
3. Click the Assign Controller button, and
then choose Noise Position f rom the Assign
Cont roller dialog.
4. The Noise Controller dialog opens. Keep the
cur rent settings and close the dialog.
5. Select the sphere, and then right-click it. From
the quad menu, choose Dope Sheet.
6. Expand the hier archy items in the Controller
window until you find the sphere’s Position
track.
7. OntheControllersmenu,chooseRespect
Animation Range.
The background color of the track changes to
gray.
8. Drag the track’s range bar so it starts at frame
10.