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Edit Multiple Delegates Dialog 1197
Link Obj ects to Delega tes—
Creates a hierarchy
foreachobject-delegatepair,withthedelegateas
parent.
Association via Animation Replace m ent group
Assign Delegate Controllers to Objects—Copies
each delegate’s controllers to the paired objects as
an instance.
ThisisthesameasusingTrackView>Copy
Controller from the delegate, and then past ing the
controller as an instance to the object. Does not
link objects hierarchically with delegates.
Once you’ve set up the delegate animation the way
you want it, if you then want to apply the animation
to an object or objects en masse,usethisfunction.
You can then delete the delegates if you like.
OK —Implements any changes and closes the
dialog.
Cancel—Eliminates any changes and closes the
dialog.
Note: Clicking OK has no intrinsic effect; in order
to implement any of the dialog functions, you must
first click at least one of the Align/Link/Assign
buttons.
Edit M ultiple Delega tes Dialog
Create panel > Helpers > Object Type rollout > Crowd >
Setup rollout > Multiple Delegate Editing
Select a Crowd object. > Modi fy panel > Setup rollout >
Multiple Delegate Editing
TheEditMultipleDelegatesdialogletsyou
define groups of delegates and set parameters for
them. You can create and store up to 10 different
configurations or settings combinations; each
consists of one or more delegates and settings
for the delegates. The parameters are mostly
thesameasthosefoundinthedelegateobject’s
Motion Parameters rollout (page 2–1183),withthe
follow ing exceptions and additions.
• Each setting has an associated SET check box,
which lets you determine whether the setting
has any effect. When off (the default), the
setting has no effect. When on, the setting
affects the specified delegate or delegates when
you click the Apply Edit button.
• Each numeric parameter has two Value settings
and an ass ociated Random check box, which
lets you specify a random v alue within a
specified range for each member of the group.
By default, Random is off, and the Value
1 setting is applied for all parameters with
SET tur ned on. If you tur n on Random for a
parameter, its Value 2 sett ing becomes available.
IfyouthenspecifyadifferentsettingforValue
2, the software calculates a different random
number between Value 1 and Value 2 for each
delegate in the group.
Tip: To reset a parameter to a specific value for all
delegates in a group after it’s been set to a random
value within a range, turn off Random and turn
on SET for the p arameter, then set Value1 to the
desired value, and then click OK.
Procedure
To edit multiple delegates:
1.
Select the Crowd object and open the Modify
panel.
2. On the Setup rollout, click the Multiple
Delegate Editing button.
This opens the Edit Multiple Delegates dialog.
3. Optionally, in the dialog (bottom-left corner),
choose a stored dialog setting to use from the
10 available settings.