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Placing M otions on the Motion Flow Graph 879
Motion Flow Graph
The first step in Motion Flow mode is to add clips
in the Motion Flow Graph for use in scripts. Clips
represent all or part of a
.bip file. Transitions
represent different paths through the clips in the
Motion Flow Graph. A transition looping back to
thesamecliprepresentsacycleorloop.
If a biped is using a shared motion flow, then the
titleofthegraphdialogsays"SharedMotionFlow
Graph", followed by the name of the shared motion
flow. Shared Motion Flows are used to control
multiple bipeds with one shared motion flow.
Therearetwowaystocreateclipsinthe
Motion
Flow Graph (page 2–897)
. The first method lets
you create a blank clip to which you later assign
a
.bip file. The second method lets you create
multiple clips at once b y choosing a several
.bip
files at once.
Pr ocedur es
To create clips in the M otion Flow Gra ph:
1.
Select a biped
2. Open the Motion panel.
3. ClickMotionFlowModeontheBiped
rollout.
4. On the Motion Flow rollout, click the
ShowGraphbuttontoopentheMotionFlow
Graph.
5. On the Motion Flow Graph toolbar, click
Create Clip
6. Click a few times inside the Motion Flow Graph
dialog.
Clip icons wil l appear in the
Motion Flow
Graph (page 2–897)
that are named clip1 , clip2
and so on.
7. On the Motion Flow Graph toolbar, click
Select Clip/Transition.
8. Right-click over a clip in the window.
A clip dialog is displayed.
9. Click Brows e in the clip dialog and choose a
.bip file.
10. Optionally, set the start and end f rame and
then click OK.
The selected icon displays the clip name in the
Motion Flow Graph (page 2–897) ;thisclipcan
now b e used for script creation.
11. Click Select Clip/Transition again and
load
.bip filesfortheotherclipsyoucreated.