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of the animation, change the Start Time and End Time settings. Any changes
made to the utility remain active during the current 3ds Max session.
TIP The utility works in Dope Sheet mode, but it's much easier to see what it's
doing if you use Curve Editor mode.
Procedures
To use Euler Filter:
1 Select an object animated with
Euler rotation on page 3151.
2 Right-click the object, and from the quad menu choose Curve Editor.
Track View opens in Curve Editor mode, with the animated tracks
highlighted.
3 Make sure the rotation tracks to be filtered are highlighted in Track View.
4 From the Utilities menu in Track View, choose Track View Utilities.
This opens the Track View Utilities dialog.
5 In the list of utilities, click Euler Filter and then click OK, or just
double-click Euler Filter.
This opens the Filter Selected Euler Tracks dialog.
6 Change the parameters as necessary, and then click OK.
The utility adjusts the rotation keys to removed gimbal flipping.
Interface
Start/End Time The range over which the filtering should occur.
Default=current animation range.
Add Keys If Needed When on, the utility performs the correction on frames
with X, Y, and Z keys and also adds keys at frames that contain only one or
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