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550 Chapter 12: Animation
R espect A nimati on R a nge
Track View - D ope sheet > Select a Controller track >
Controller menu > Ignore Animation Range
Respect Animation Range constrains a parametric,
non-keyable controller track to be active only
w ithin the track’s cur rent animation r a nge.
Choosing this option changes the track’s
background color to gray.
Note: While Ignore Animation Range (page 2–549)
is t he default setting (turn off the O verride
Parametric Controller Range By Default option in
the Animation Preferences (page 3–828) to change
it), controller tracks from older scenes are set to
this setting to maintain their original behavior.
Procedure
Example: To set a controller track to respect the
animation range:
1.
Create a sphere.
2. On the Motion Panel > Assign Controller
rollout, highlight the sphere’s Position track.
3. Click the Assign Cont roller button, and
then choose Noise Position from the Assign
Cont roller dialog.
4. The Noise Controller dialog opens. Keep the
current settings and close the dialog.
5. Select the sphere, and then right-click it. From
the quad menu, choose Dope Sheet.
6. Expand the hierarchy items in the Con troller
window until you find the sphere’s Position
track.
7. OntheControllersmenu,chooseRespect
Animation Range.
The background color of the track changes to
gray.
8. Drag the tr ack’s range bar so it starts at f r ame
10.
9. Play the animation.
Because Respect Animation Range is on, the
sphere star ts moving only w hen it is within the
track’s animation range.
Mak e Controller Unique
Main toolbar > Curve Editor (O p en) > S elect an instanced
Controller track > Controller menu > Make Controller
Unique.
Keyboard: U
Make Controller Unique converts an instanced
clone of a controller to a copy that’s unique to the
current object. Objects and modifiers c an a lso b e
made unique.
The result depends on whether or not the data flow
branches at the selected container:
• If the data flow does not branch anywhere
below the selected container, nothing happens.
• If the data flow does branch at or b elow the
selected container, the data flow above the
branch is split from the current data flow as a
unique object. The data flow from the s elected
container to the master object is copied and
attached to the new unique object.
All the Controller tools can also be found on the
Controllers: Track View toolbar w h ich is hidden
by default. Right-click any blan k area of the
Track View toolbar, then choose Show Toolbars >
Controllers: Track View to display the buttons for
Assign, Copy, Paste. Delete Controller and Make
Cont roller Unique.