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when the geometry is hidden and displayed only
at links.
You can display any object as a bone object. Select
theobjectandthenchooseBoneToolsfromthe
Animation menu. This opens the Bone Tools
floater. On the Object Properties rollout, turn on
BoneOn.ThengototheDisplaypanel,andon
the Link Display rollout turn on Display Links and
Link Replaces Object, w hich displays the bones
instead of the object. This can be useful if you have
a geometrically intensive hierarchy to animate.
The interactive v iewport response is faster when
the geometry is hidden and displayed as links only.
Any o bject hierarchy can be displayed as bones.
Bones can scale, squash and stretch over time. S ee
Using Ob jects as Bones (page 1–410).
Link Display
You can use Display Links and Link Replaces
Object to display the links instead of the object.