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link are not influenced by it, and can be “picked up” by other nearby
envelopes, or can be manually assigned (without blending) to any other link.
Turning off Active makes Physique ignore the link as if it were never part of
the skeleton.
Continuity Maintains a smooth transition across the joint from the parent
link to the current link. Default=on.
When Continuity is on, the effect of the link parameters passes smoothly
across the joint to the connected link. When Continuity is off, Bend, Twist,
and Radial Scale settings are limited to the current link, which produces an
abrupt transition across the joint. This is analogous to breaking the spline
handles on a spline shape.
Bulge Editor Displays the Bulge Editor on page 4687. The Bulge Editor
displays bulge cross sections schematically, letting you create and edit bulge
controls.
Reinitialize Selected Links Reinitializes the link and its vertex
parameters based on the current link parameter settings. Clicking Reinitialize
Selected Links does not change vertex assignments or manual reassignments.
For example, increasing the tension of a link can cause the spacing to change
for the link’s cross sections. Reinitialize Selected Links smoothes the spline,
and makes cross section spacing even again.
Think of the skin being snugly stuck to the link. As the link parameters change,
the vertices can bunch up or stretch out. Clicking Reinitialize lets the skin
“slip” to its original shape, establishing a new relationship to the deformation
spline.
Bend group
Tension Sets the smoothness of a joint. Tension affects the curvature of the
deformation spline through the joint. A low value, near 0.0, makes the spline
linear and creates a sharp angle at the joint, like bending a hinge. High values,
near 2.0, make the spline smooth through the joint, creating a rounded joint,
like bending a firm hose. Range=0.0 to 2.0. Default=0.5.
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