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Delegates Lists delegates available for linking, specified using the Add function
(see following item). You can select any number of delegates from this list for
subsequent removal.
Add Click this to open the standard 3ds Max Select dialog, which lists all
delegates in the scene. Make your selection, and then click the Select button
to add the delegates to the Delegates list.
Remove Deletes the highlighted delegate or delegates from the list.
Association via Linking group
Align Objects with Delegates Aligns each object with its corresponding
delegate by moving and rotating the object on its local axes. Each delegate's
local Y axis points in the forward direction, so aligned objects will be rotated
so their Y axes point in the forward direction as well. This option works much
like the 3ds Max Align feature.
Align Scale When on, clicking Align Objects with Delegates sets each object's
absolute scaling factor to that of its corresponding delegates. This is useful if,
for example, you've randomized delegates' sizes with the Scatter Objects
Scale
panel
on page 4832, and want the associated objects to match.
Link Objects to Delegates Creates a hierarchy for each object-delegate pair,
with the delegate as parent.
Association via Animation Replacement group
Assign Delegate Controllers to Objects Copies each delegate's controllers to
the paired objects as an instance.
This is the same as using Track View > Copy Controller from the delegate, and
then pasting the controller as an instance to the object. Does not link objects
hierarchically with delegates.
Once you've set up the delegate animation the way you want it, if you then
want to apply the animation to an object or objects en masse, use this function.
You can then delete the delegates if you like.
OK Implements any changes and closes the dialog.
Cancel Eliminates any changes and closes the dialog.
NOTE Clicking OK has no intrinsic effect; in order to implement any of the dialog
functions, you must first click at least one of the Align/Link/Assign buttons.
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