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Track Selection Rollout 801
The biped Transform tracks contain the COM keyed data.
Pr ocedures
To Edit the COM’s Position and Orientation:
1.
Create a biped.
2. On the Motion panel, expand the Tr ack
SelectionrolloutandturnonBodyHorizontal.
TheMoveTransformgizmoappearswhere
the COM is located, high lighting the X and Y
axes because they are referring to the biped
Horizont al Transform tr ack.
The Transform gizmo centered on the biped’s COM.
Tip: To avoid deselecting the COM inadvertently,
you can use
Lock Selection (page 2–533) to
keep your selection on t he center of mass,
ignoring al l other objects in your scene.
Tip: You can sca le the Tr ansform g izmo using
the - (hyphen) and = (equal sign) shor tcut
keys. Scaling the gizmo makes it easier to use,
but do es not affect the transform values.
3. SelecttheMovegizmo’sZaxis.
This turns off Body Horizontal and turns on
Body Vertical.
4. Turn on Body Rotation on the Track
Selection rollout.
TheMoveTransformgizmoisreplacedbythe
Rotate Transform gizmo. You can now change
the biped’s orientation.
To Lock a ll B i ped COM Tools:
This procedure follows the concept from the
previous procedure, and centers on selecting
multiple COM tracks at the same time, as well as
locking them.
1. OntheTrackSelectionrollout,turnon
Body Hor izontal.
2. Tu r n on Lock COM Key ing .
Lock COM Keying allows you to activate all
center of mass tracks at the same time.
3. Turn on both Body Horizontal and
Body Rotation.
4. Select any other part of your biped.
The COM tracks controls become inactive.
Note that Lock COM Keying is storing the
selected cont rols.