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Link Settings Rollout 1139
Bias—
Shifts the effect of radial scaling. At the
default value of 0.5, scaling affects both the selected
linkandthechildlink.Valueslowerthan0.5shift
the scaling effect onto the selected link, and values
greater than 0.5 shift scaling onto the child link. A t
0.0, expansion and contraction are limited to the
selected link. At 1.0, expansion and contr ac tion
arelimitedtothechildlink. Range=0.0to1.0.
Default=0.5.
Link Scale—Scalestheentirelinkradially,
independent of the effect of any cross sections. At
1.0, the link is “actual size” and this setting has no
effect. O ther values increase or decrease the radial
scale of the link. Range=0.0 to 10.0. Default=1.0.
CS Amplitude—Cross sec tion amplitude has no
effectunlessthelinkhasbulgeanglecrosssections.
At 0.0, cross section deformation is tur ned off.
Values greater than 1.0, up to the maximum
of 10.0, exaggerate the effect of cross sections.
Default=1.0.
Stretch—When on, preserves the volume of the
link’s skin when the length of the link changes.
The effect is similar to stretching or squeezing a
material that is only part ly elastic, such as a tough
rubber hose. Default=off.
Above: Stretch i s turned on.
Below: Stretch is turned off.
As the bones change in length, the mesh expands a nd
contracts when Stretch is on.
Breathe—When on, scaling a skeleton node
changes the radial scale of the link’s skin. When
off, scaling a node has no effect on the scale of the
skin. Default=off.
Above: Breathe is turned on: the mesh is scaled as the object is
scaled.
Below Breathe is turned off: object scaling doesn’t effect the
mesh.
Thelinkedobjectsareshowninwhite. Thelowest,largest
object is the one that has been scaled. These linked objects
were used as the hierarchy for Physique.