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Body Turning Keys—
Turn on to prevent adaptat ion
of body turning keys when footsteps are edited in
space.
Right Leg Move Keys—Tu r n on to prevent
adaptation of right leg move keys (a leg move key,
is a leg key between footsteps) when footsteps are
edited in space.
Lef t Leg Move Key s—Turn on to prevent adaptation
of left leg move keys (a leg move key, is a leg k ey
between footsteps) when footsteps are edited in
space.
Freefor m Key s—Tur n on to prevent adaptat ion of
a freeform period in a footstep animation. The
biped’s p osition during a freeform perio d will not
move if footsteps after the freeform period are
moved further away.
Time—Tur n on to prevent adaptation of upper
body keys when footstep duration is changed in
Track View.
Note: Leg and foot keys for frames in which the
foot is in contact with the ground are always
automatically adapted.
See also
Adjusting Vertical Motion (page 2–878)
Figur e M ode
Select the Biped > Motion Panel > Biped rollout > Figure
mode
WhileFiguremodeisactive,youcanchangebiped
structure and fit that structure to a character mesh.
It can be used for a variety of other procedures as
well.
• Fig u re mode is a referen ce posi t i on to fi t a
bipe d to a m es h . UseFiguremodetofitabiped
to the mesh representing your character. This
"reference" or Figure mode position, in which
the biped is aligned to the mesh, is necessary
when a mesh is linked or attached to the biped
w ith Physique. Af ter the biped is p ositioned to
fit within a mesh, leave Figure mode on during
the process of attaching a mesh to the biped
with Physique, or when using Select And Link
on the 3ds Max toolbar to lin k the mesh objects
of a character to the biped.
The relationship or "fit" position between the
biped and the mesh can always be restored by
turning on Figure mode, regardless of which
motion file happens to be lo aded. After fitt ing
a biped to a mesh in Figure mo de, use Save on
theBipedrollouttosaveafigurefile(.fig).If
you accidentally reposition the biped in Figure
mode, load the figure file.