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Source Objects and Current Objects fields. If no
wildcard expressions are entered, source objects
are mapped only to current objects with identical
names.
Display Options group
Show Animated Only—Displays animated objects
only.
Indent—Sets the number of characters by which
childobjectsareindentedinthedisplay.
Load M apping—Loads a previously saved .
mnm
file. This type of file can be loaded and sav ed only
on the Merge Animation dialog.
Save MappingSaves the current mapping in an
.
mnm
file. Thenameofthesourcefileandthe
mapping of source and current objects are saved.
This ty pe of file can be loaded only with the Load
Mapping option on the Merge Animation dialog.
Replace
File menu > Replace
Replace lets you substitute the geometry of one or
more objects in a scene by merg ing objects with
duplicate
names. Use Replace when you want to
work with less complex geometry to set up your
scene and animation, and then replace it with
more detailed geometry before rendering.
When you replace an object in your scene, you
replace its geometry, including its modifiers,
but not its transforms, space warps, hierarchy,
or materials.
•Toreplacetheobjectwith
all
its characteristics,
use
Merge (p age 3–469)
.
If the object that you’re replacing has instances
inthescene,alloftheinstancesarereplaced
with the new object.
All objects in t he scene with the same name as
the incoming object are replaced by that object.
Ifyouhavemorethanoneobjectinthescene
withthesamenameastheincomingobject,all
of those objects are replaced.
See also
Merging Effects (page 3–216)
Merge Animation (page 3–471)
Procedures
To replace items:
1.
Choose File > Replace to display the Replace
File dialog.
Toseemorethanonefiletypeatatime,choose
theAllFilesfiletype.
2. Select a file from which to choose replacement
items.
3. On the Replace dialog for that file, choose a
group or a replacement item. (See the following
procedure.)
An alert asks if you want to replace the materials
along with the objects.
If yes, the materials from the incoming
objects replace the current materials.
•Ifno,onlythegeometryisreplaced,while
the material assigned to the original object
is retained.
To sel e ct ob j ect s t o r ep l a ce, do on e of the f o l lo wi ng :
Enterthenameofanitem,orusewildcard
characters to specify multiple items that share a
set of characters in their names.
Click to select single objects.
PressCTRLandclicktoaddandremovesingle
objects from the selection.