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Note that there’s an upper limit to this value; in
this case, it’s 34.434. This limit is determined
by the va lues of the other three settings on the
dialog.
19. Try increasing the Lower Limit gro up >
Smoothing Buffer. It’s not possible with the
upper smoothing value at its maximum.
20. Decrease the upper smo othing va lue, and then
increase the lower smoothing va lue.
Now you get smoothing at both the upper and
lower limits.
Inter face
The Limit Controller interface comprises the Float
Limit Controller dialog and sev eral-right-click
menu items.
Float Limit Controller dialog
The Float Limit Controller dialog opens when
you first assign the Limit controller, or when you
right-click a highlighted Limit-controller track
and choose Proper ties.
Enable—Toggles the Limit controller. When off,
theoriginalvaluesofthelimitedtrackareineffect.
When on, the original values are limited by the
Upper Limit and Lower Limit values.
Note: You can enable and disable all Limit
controllers in the scene simultaneously with
the Toggle Limits command, available from
the 3ds Max Animation menu. If some Limit
controllers are on and the rest are off, Toggle
Limits turns them a ll on.
Upper Limit Group
Enable—Toggles the upper limit set by the
controller. When off, no upper limit is imposed.
Default=on.
[Upper Li mit va l ue]—The highest value perm itted
by the Limit con troller. Any values abo ve this
valueintheoriginalcontrollerareclipped;that
is, they’re set to this value, unless smoothing is in
effect. Default=1000.0.