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Balance Parameters... Opens the Balance Parameters dialog. These values
influence the effects of balance compensation on the biped's pelvis and spine
when you use different motions on the upper and lower parts of the biped.
See
Adjusting Biped Balance in the Mixer on page 3737.
NOTE This dialog is available only for biped object mixes.
■ Lateral Ratio Decreasing the Lateral Ratio to 0.0 will cause balance
compensation to use only forward/backward motion on the pelvis.
Increasing Lateral Ratio to 1.0 will adjust the pelvis with only side-to-side
motion. Range=0.0 to 1.0; Default=0.5.
■ Propagation Affects the degree to which spine links are rotated to follow
COM and pelvis rotation. When set to 0.0 (the default), spine rotation is
not influenced by lower body motion. When set to 1.0, all spine links
except the topmost one use the lower body motion's spine animation to
some degree to better follow the COM and pelvis motion. The lowest spine
link is rotated the most, and each subsequent spine link is rotated less and
less. The topmost spine link is not rotated at all so arm motion will be
preserved.
In order for this setting to affect spine rotation, the lower body motion
must have some spine animation as part of the motion clip.
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