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Center of Mass Animation Tracks
Unlike other objects and biped body parts, the center of mass has three separate
animation tracks:
■
Body Horizontal
■ Body Vertical
■ Body Turning (selected with the Body Rotation button)
You can use these buttons, available on the
Track Selection rollout on page
4348, to select each track as well as the COM itself.
Rotating About a Different Pivot Point
You can “decouple” rotation from the COM, and rotate the biped about a
pivot point you choose. For instructions on how to do so, see
To rotate the
biped about a pivot that is not the COM
on page ?.
Left: Pivot point moved to be near the biped’s feet.
Right: Rotating the biped after moving the pivot.
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