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Procedures
To attach wire parameters:
1 Select the first object you want to use.
2 Choose Animation menu > Wire Parameters > Wire Parameters, or
right-click the object and choose Wire Parameters.
A pop-up menu displays the parameters you can link.
NOTE Wire Parameters works only with parameters that can be animated.
The menu options displayed depend upon the selected object and are the
same options you would see for the selected object in Track View.
3 Choose the parameter you want to link to another object from the
displayed menu.
A dashed line appears.
4 Move the cursor to the second object you want to use. When the cursor
changes from an arrow to a selection cross, you are over a valid destination
object. Click to select the destination object.
A pop-up menu displays the parameters to which you can link.
5 Choose the parameter you want to link from the displayed menu.
The
Parameter Wiring dialog on page 3324 opens, with the two parameters
you selected highlighted in yellow.
6 If you like, change the parameter highlighting in the dialog, and then
click the direction buttons between the two panels to determine the
control direction: one way either way, or both directions (changes to
either object’s selected parameters affect the other object).
7 Click Connect to complete the wiring.
Parameter Wiring Dialog
Animation menu > Wire Parameters > Choose parameters to wire.
Select an object. > Right-click quad menu > Transform (lower-right) quadrant
> Wire Parameters > Choose parameters to wire.
Select an object. > Modify panel > Right-click text box portion of animatable
parameter spinner. > Choose Show In Parameter Wire dialog.
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