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Motion File Shows the path and name of the current animation (XAF) file.
■ New Click to display a file dialog and specify a new animation file to
load.
With this option, you don't need to return to the Load Animation dialog.
Map File Shows the path and name of the current map (XMM) file.
■ New Click to display a file dialog and specify a new map file to load.
With this option, you don't need to return to the Load Animation dialog.
Save Mapping Click to save the current mapping assignments to an XMM
file. If a file name is already displayed in the Map File field, it is overwritten;
otherwise, 3ds Max displays a file dialog so you can enter a name for the new
file.
Save Mapping As Click to save the current mapping assignments to an XMM
file using a different file name. This displays the Save XML Animation map
file dialog.
Load Motion Click to load the animation from the XAF file, and maps the
animation tracks as specified.
This button is available only when the Map File field contains a valid map
file name.
Replace / Insert These options determine how existing keys are treated when
you load an animation. Replace overwrites the current scene's keys (if any)
with the incoming motion, starting at the chosen frame. Insert inserts the
motion at the chosen frame and moves any existing keys to the end of the
incoming motion. Default=Insert.
■ At Frame The frame at which the incoming animation is written (Replace)
or inserted. Default=0.
Relative/Absolute These options determine 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
to those of the incoming motion. For example, when you load a character
animation, Relative starts the animation from the character's current position,
while Absolute first moves the character to the position of the character in
the scene from which the animation was saved. Default=Relative.
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