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860 Chapter 14: Character Studio
Note: Unlike the 3ds Max T rack View – Dope
Sheet and Curve Editor, the Workbench cannot be
docked below the viewport trackbar.
Show Layered Edit
You can affect a layered r ange of keys by
turning on Show Layered Edit. This is a sp ec ial
Workbench mode that extends the edit to affect
keys surrounding the one you are editing. I t works
likesoftselectionin3dsMaxbutgivesyougreater
control over the displacement. It can help you
blend your edits into existing motion.
Selecting Work bench Tra ck s
As a default behavior, whatever biped part is
selected in the viewport will have its curves
displayedintheCurveview.Youcanalsousethe
Select panel (page 2–867)
to select biped parts
by name. The functionality of the Select panel is
derived from the 3ds Max Select By Name dialog;
youcaninvertselectionsetsorenternamesinto
the Selection field to find a track.
Yo u c a n a l s o u s e t h e c o n t r o l l e r
window as a selection mechanism. With the
Controllers list visible y ou can click on track
entries there to work on the curves.
Note: Sometimes a curve will not appear in the
display at first. Click Zoom Extents Horizontal
and Zoom Extents Ve rtical to make sure the curve
can b e seen.
The Workbench toolbar lets y ou choose the type
of curve to display and the coordinate space in
which it is displayed. For example, if you know you
are dealing with rotational errors, choose an
Rot
or
Quat
type curve. If it is an error of positional
data, choose
Pos
.
If you open the Track V iew – Curve Editor
orexpandthetrackbarwhileyouhavethe
Workbench open, you will see a simultaneous
display. Theviewsareallsynchronized,so
selecting a track in one graph editor selects it in all.
When using footstep animation, you can see the
footstep keys by opening a Track View – Dope
Sheet window.
Analyzing Cur ves
Once you have selected curves, you can analyze
them to discover error conditions. You choose
between four kinds of detectors; Noise, Spike,
Knee Wobble or Knee Extension. You can also
select only a the portion of a curve to analyze.
Perform the analysis by clicking the Analyze
button. The errors are found based on the
detector’s parameter settings. If no errors are
found, try adjusting the parameters a nd clicking
Analyze again. Lowering the Standard Deviation
value will yield more errors.
When an error has been detected, the biped
part name appears in the Analyze Results list. If
multiple er rors are detected, the entry displays a
number that tells how many errors were found.
Errors are also displayed in the Curve View as
vertical brown lines.
Once errors have been located, you can use the
tools on the Fix panel to correct those k eys and