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Compound Controllers: Combine or manage multiple controllers. Compound
controllers include high-level Transform controllers, such as
PRS on page 3220,
the
Euler XYZ Rotation controller on page 3151, the Transform Script controller
on page 3261, and the List controller on page 3194.
A compound controller appears in the Hierarchy list as a controller icon with
subordinate-level branches of other controllers.
Controllers and Constraints
In addition to controllers, the software can animate using constraints. These
items are located in the Animation > Constraints menu. The constraints include
the following: Attachment, Surface, Path, Link, Position, Orientation, and
LookAt.
When you assign a controller in the Motion panel or in Track View, you will
see these constraints appearing in the list of available controllers. You can
assign them the same as the other controllers, but they are also assignable
from the Animation > Constraints submenu. For more information, see
Animation Constraints on page 3287.
NOTE If you assign a controller using the Animation > Controller submenu, a list
controller is automatically applied to the object, with the selected controller applied
beneath the list controller. This is different than controllers that are applied via
the Motion panel.
Viewing Controller Types
You can view the controller type assigned to a parameter in both the Curve
Editor and in the Motion panel. Before you can view the controller types in
Track View, you must do the following:
1 On the Curve Editor toolbar, click the Filters icon. Then in the
Filters dialog > Show group, turn on Controller Types.
You can then see the name of the Controller type in the Hierarchy view.
2
Assign controllers to parameters. You can do this on the Assign
Controller rollout of the Motion panel, or through the right-click menu
in the Hierarchy list in Track View.
The Parameters mode of the Motion panel always displays the transform
controller types for the selected object.
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