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Assigning Controllers 293
Noise Rotation discards the Smooth Rotation
animation v alues.
Assigning Controllers in the Motion
Panel
You can assign controllers on the Motion panel
by selecting an object and then, on the Assign
Controller rollout, choosing a controller and
clicking the Assign Controller button. You can
change the controllers of only one selected object.
As si gni ng Contr oll er s Us i ng th e
Animation Menu
You can assign cont rollers using the Animation
menu. All the controllers and constraints are
available by going to the menu b ar and choosing
Animation, and then selecting the ty p e of
Controller you want and picking the controller
from the submenu that displays.
When you assign a controller in this met ho d, a
list controller is automatically assig ned, and the
controller you have selected appears as the first
entry in the list. This automatic list controller
assignment does not occur if you assign controllers
using the Motion panel or Tr ack View. Weighted
list controllers al low you to blend between var ious
tracks by animating the weights.
Tip: YoucanusetheAnimationmenutoassign
the same type of con troller or constraint to several
different objects at once. Just select the objects and
then choose the controller or constraint from the
Animation menu.
Note: If an assigned constraint requires designating
an additional subject, such as a Path constraint, a
rubber-band line extends from the first selected
object to the mouse cursor after choosing the
constraint. To complete the assignment, position
the cursor over a qualifying target object and click.
CopyingandPastingControllers
Right-clickanyblankareaontheTrackView
toolbars, then choose Show To olbars > Controllers:
Track View. This displays the Controller toolbar
with buttons for quick access to controller tools.
Click Copy and Paste on the Track
View toolbar to copy and paste controllers. For a
general discussion of using Copy and Paste, see
Copying and Pasting Items (page 2–575).
To copy and paste controllers in the Curve Editor,
select the controller track to copy, then r ight-click
andchooseCopyfromtheTrackViewquadmenu.
N a vigate the Hierarchy list to the target object,
select the track, right-click and choose Paste.
RulesforusingCopyandPasteareasfollows:
• You can copy only single controllers.
Comp ound controllers like List or PRS
Transform controllers are considered single
controllers for Copy and Paste operations.
• You can paste a copied controller into one or
more controllers using the same data type.
• Youcanchoosetomakeaninstanceoracopy
of the pasted controller.
• You can choose to convert other controller
instances in the scene automatically.
Clicking Paste displays the Paste dialog, with three
controls for determining how the Paste operation
is carried out.
Co py—Pastes the controller as a copy .
Instance—Pastes the cont roller as an instance of
the source controller. Any change you make to
either controller will affect the other.
Forexample,youcanpasteabox’sLength
controller as an instance into its Height and Width
parameters. This makes the b ox a cube. Changing
either of the L ength, Width, or Height pa rameters
changes the other two.