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Physique Load Specification
Dia log
Select an object that has the Physique modifier applied
to it. > Modify p ane l > Physique rollout > Click Open
Physique (.phy) File. > Choose a file. > Physique Load
Specification dialog
This dialog appears af ter you have chosen a
Physique (.
ph y)
file to load. It lets you specify
which information you want to obtain from the
file.
Inter face
At the upper left of the dialog are check boxes that
let you specify which kind of data to load. Turn off
a check box to avoid loading that kind of data.
Link S ettings—Loads link parame ters. Default=on.
Bulges—Loads cross sections and bulge ang les.
Default=on.
Tendons—Loads tendons. Default=on.
Envelopes—Loads envelopes. Default=on.
Lock ed V er t ices—Loads locked vertices.
All Links—Selectsalllinkstoload.
This button is enabled only if the number of saved
links equals the number of open links. Click to
select all links in b oth lists. If Al l Links is disabled,
youmustchooselinksbyhand.Clickthenameof
a link in a list to select it. Before you click OK, the
number of links to load must equal the number
of links to update.
No Links—Deselectsalllinksinbothlists.
After deselecting all links, you must select the lin ks
to load and to update, before you click OK.
Selected Links From File and Selected Link s In
Modifier—
At the left of the dialog is a list of the
links that were saved in the fi le, and at the ri ght
is a list of links in the currently open Physique
skin and skeleton. You can choose w hich links to
update w ith the saved data.
Physique Initialization
Rollouts
Vertex-Link Assignment Rollout
Select an object that has the Physique modifier applied
to it. > Modify panel > Physique rollout > Click Attach to
Node.>Selectarootobjectinaviewport.>Physique
Initialization dialog > Vertex-Link Assignment rollout
Select an object that has the Physique modifier applied to
it. > Modify panel > Physique rollout > Click Reinitialize. >
Physique Initialization dialog > Vertex-Link Assignm ent
rollout
On the Vertex-Link Assignment rollout, you can
choose to create new env elopes and pick the type
of blending between links.