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Create Multip le Footsteps Dialog: Run 995
The dotted line surrounds the double-support period (6 frames)
Create Multiple Footsteps Dialog:
Run
Selec t the Biped > Motion Panel > B iped rollout >
Footstep Mode > Footstep Creation rollout > Run >
Create Multiple Footsteps > Create Multiple Footsteps
Run dialog
TheCreateMultipleFootstepsdialogfortherun
gait allows you to create a sequence of r unning
footsteps by setting a s eries of para m eters. This
dialog will display when Run is selected on the
Footstep Creation rollout first, and then Create
MultipleFootstepsisclicked.
Inter face
Start Left—Starts the footstep s equence with a left
step.
Star t R ight—Starts the footstep sequence with a
right step.
Alter nate—Turn on to alternate between right and
left footsteps. When this b ox is cleared, all of the
footsteps will be either right or left, producing the
effectofahoppingrunononefoot.
Number of Footsteps—Determines the number of
new footsteps to be created.
Par amet ri c St r ide Wid th—Sets the st ride width as a
percentage of the pelvis width.
A value of 1.0 pro duces a stride w idth equal
tothepelviswidth. Avalueof3.0producesa
wide,waddlingstride. Changestothissetting
automatically change the Actual Stride Width.
Parametric describes the parameter in terms of
biped anatomy, and Actual describes the value in
3ds Max units.
Stride W idth=1 and Stride Width=3
Actual Str i de W idth—Sets the stride width
in modeling units. Changes to this s etting
automatically change the Parametric Stride Width.
Timing
Auto T imi ng—Sets timing parameters
automatically.
Auto Timing affects the following timing
parameters for the Run gait:
• Run footstep, Airborne
When Auto Timing is selected, these parameters
are automatically adjusted to reasonable values.
You control the footstep sequence by adjusting
the Stride Length and Time to Next Footstep
parameters.
When Auto Timing is off, you can control the
footstep sequence by adjusting the gait ti ming
parameters, but you can’t change the Time to
Next Footstep parameter .
Interpolate—Control acceleration or deceleration
of the series of footsteps. When this box is selected,
a second set of step parameters under L ast Step
is enabled.
Biped creates the footsteps st arting with the values
of the parameters under First Step and ending with
the values of the parameters under Last Step.