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Turning group

These parameters determine how delegates turn while following the path.

Awareness determines how well a delegate anticipates turns in the path as it

moves; you can apply random variation to Awareness with the Deviation

setting.

Awareness Specifies how "intelligent" the delegate is while traversing this

path. A high Awareness setting means that it takes into account the curve of

the path while moving and will try to anticipate changes. A low value for

Awareness, on the other hand, means that the delegate notices the path only

when leaving it. Default=0.5. Range=0.0 to 1.0.

NOTE You can randomize awareness behavior with the Deviation and Seed

settings.

Deviation Specifies the maximum amount by which Awareness should vary.

character studio takes a random number between the negative and positive

values of the Deviation setting, multiplies it by the Awareness setting, and

adds the result to Awareness. Default=0.5. Range=0.0 to 1.0.

NOTE You can vary behaviors among different Path Follow behaviors that use the

same Awareness and Deviation settings by changing the Seed value.

Starting Point

Determines where on the path the delegate begins to follow the path. The

default choice is Beginning of Path.

Hint: To see a selected spline path's start point, open the Modify panel and

turn on any sub-object level; the start point is represented with a unique

indicator. Also in the Modify panel, with closed curves, you can see the vertex

ordering at any sub-object level by turning on Selection rollout > Display

group > Show Vertex Numbers. To see a NURBS curve's start point, go to the

Curve sub-object level; the start point is indicated by a small green circle.

Beginning of Path The delegate first moves to the start of the path before

following it.

End of Path The delegate first moves to the end of the path before following

it. With closed curves, this is the same point as the beginning of the path.

Nearest Point The delegate first moves to the closest point on the path and

then follows the path from there.

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