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right-click the highlighted “Unassigned” label,
and then choose Replace Master from the context
menu. Finally, choose the master track.
Add Sl ave—Places you in Add Slave mode,
letting you assig n a slave track to the currently
highlighted master in the Reactions list. Highlight
a master and then click Add Slave. Click an object
in a viewport, and then use the p op-up menu
to choose an animation track to use as slave.
Alternatively, choose a track in Track View or from
the Motion panel > Assign Controller rollout list.
Available only when a master is highlighted in the
Reactions list.
To add multiple slaves, click Add Slave and then
press
H to open the Pick Object dialog. Highlight
the objects to add, and then click Pick. The p op-up
menu then appears, prompting you to choose an
animation track to use as slave. The same track
is used from each object. Alternatively, select t he
objects and then use Add Selected (see following).
If multiple masters are highlighted w hen you add a
slave or slaves, the slave is added to the first master
in the list.
If any states are highlighted in the States list, the
new slave or slaves are added to the h ighlighted
states. If no states are highlighted in the States list,
React ion Manager creates a new state with the
added slave or slaves.
Add S elected—Lets you add slave tracks to
the cur rent master for any selected objects in t he
view por ts. Opens a pop-up menu f rom which
you can choose a track. If multiple objects are
selected, this track is added as a slave for each
selected object. Available only when a master is
high lighted in the Reactions list and at least one
object is selected in the viewports.
If multiple masters are highlighted, the slaves are
added to the first master in the list.
If any states are highlighted in the States list, the
new slave or slaves are added to the highlig hted
states. If no states are highlighted in the States list,
React ion Manager creates a new state with the
added sla v e or sla v es.
Delete S elected—Deletes any items
highlighted in the Reactions list.
If you delete a slave, any related state definitions
are deleted f rom the States list, although the states
themselves remain. If you delete a master , all of its
slaves and any related states are also deleted.
Show Selected—When on, displa ys data in the
Reactions list only for objects selected in the
viewports. This lets you restrict display reaction
setups to objects of immediate interest, without
having to scroll through long lists of parameters.
When off, shows all objects and states, regardless
of viewport selection status.
If the master is selected in the viewport, Show
Selected shows all slaves in the Reaction list
whether or not they’re selected.
Update S election—Refreshes the list contents
based on the current selection. Available only
when Show Selected is on and the v iewport
selection has changed.
Start/End—Thesecolumnsshowthefirstand
last animation frames for which the master-slave
relationship is in effect. These default to the active
time segment (page 3–904).Usestandard methods
to change these values.
If multiple slaves assig ned to the same master have
different Star t or End values, the master’s Start and
End f ields are blank.
Curve—This column shows an X when the graph
curve (page 2–368) is used to modify Strength,
Influence, and Falloff. To specif y these numerically