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Copying and Pasting Postures a nd Poses 769
ThePastePostureandPastePosecommandsare
also us eful for copying a pose from one biped to
another. Copy the pose or posture, select the other
biped, and then paste.
Copying a posture then using Paste Posture
Opposite is particularly useful for copying the
posture of an arm or leg or a part of an arm or leg
onto the opposite arm or leg of the same biped.
Both Paste Posture and Paste Posture Opposite
work differently in and out of Figure mode.
OutofFiguremode,onlytheorientationofthe
copiedlinksispasted.InFiguremode,boththe
orientation and the scale of the copied links are
pasted. Also, when you paste the finger base, toe
base, spine base, tail base, or clavicles in Figure
mode, the position of that link relative to the
biped’sbodyispasted.
Copying the En tire Biped Pose
TheCopyPosefunctionalityallowsyoutocopythe
rotation and position of all the parts of the entire
bipedatonce.Itdoesn’tcontaintheanimation
track data, only the individual keys at that f r ame,
andthebuttonstocopytracksareunavailable
when Copy Pose is in use.
Pose shows the whole biped
You can create animation using Copy Pose by
simply copying different poses to the same biped at
different frames, and sett ing keys for those poses.
Copy Pose works with the character studio Set
Key buttons found on the
Key Info rollout (page
2–809)
,andwithAutoKeymode.
Wa rn in g: Don’t use the Set Key Mode toggle or the
large Set Keys button next to Auto Key. These w ill not
produce the correct results.
Procedures
To copy a posture:
1.
Select the set of biped parts that defines the part
ofthebiped’spostureyouwanttocopy.
2. OntheCopy/Pasterollout,clickCreate
Collection and rename the new collection
Biped Posture.