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create the map file, the Map Animation dialog opens showing only the active
layer's tracks in the Current list, and the tracks are already mapped correctly
in the Mapped list. All you need to do is save the mapping, and then load the
motion.
If Load Into Active Layer is off, clicking Yes to create the map file opens the
Map Animation dialog showing all animation tracks in all layers, and you
need to use the Map Animation controls to map the tracks before saving the
mapping and loading the motion.
Relative/Absolute Determines how incoming animation affects existing
values. Relative starts the loaded motion at the current values of the selected
objects in the scene. Absolute sets the values of objects in the scene the scene
to those of the motion; so, for example, it would move a character to a new
location and start the animation there. Default=Relative.
Replace/Insert Determines how existing keys are treated when the animation
is loaded. Replace overwrites the keys in the scene with the incoming motion,
starting at the chosen frame. Insert inserts the motion at the chosen frame
and moves any subsequent, existing keys to the end of the incoming motion.
Default=Insert.
At Frame The frame at which the incoming animation is applied. Default=0.
Load Motion If mapping information is available, loads the animation from
the file specified in the File Name field and applies it to current objects
according to the mapping information. If no mapping has been specified,
you're given the opportunity to create a map file. If you then click Yes, the
Map Animation dialog on page 6879 opens, but if you click No, no animation
is loaded.
Cancel Closes the dialog without loading any animation.
Motion Mapping/Retargeting group
File Shows the current mapping file, or “Default” if no mapping file has been
chosen. Choose a mapping file from the drop-down list.
The list contains the most recently loaded mapping files. If the file you want
to use isn't available in the list, use the Get Mapping button.
TIP If the paths in the drop-down list are too long to see the file name itself, you
can resize the dialog to make the dialog and the list wider.
Get Mapping Lets you browse to load a mapping file. Use this if the file
doesn't appear in the Use Mapping drop-down list. The file then appears in
the list for easy reloading.
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