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Note: If you chose Add To Type > Picked Track,
the Track View Pick dialog might open first
to prompt you to choose the animation track
whose attribute to edit.
4. In the Edit Attributes/Parameters dialog,
high light the parameter to edit.
ItssettingsappearintheParameterEditor.
5. Change the settings in the Parameter editor,
and then click Accept Parameter changes.
6. With multiple parameters or custom attributes,
to change the ordering, click the entity to move,
and then use the up and down arrow buttons to
move the entity in t he list. Moving a Custom
Attributes entr y a lso moves its p arameters.
Note: You cannot rename a Custom Attributes
entry.
7. When finished editing , click Apply Changes,
and then exit the dialog by clicking the Close
or Cancel button.
To del ete a custom at tr ibute or pa ra meter:
1.
Select the object.
2. Choose Animation menu > Parameter Editor .
The Parameter Editor opens.
3. From the Add To T ype drop-down list, choose
the ty p e of parameter to delete, and then click
Edit/Delete.
The Edit Attributes/Parameters dialog opens.
Note: If you chose Add To Type > Picked Track,
the Track View Pick dialog might open first to
prompt you to choose the animation track from
which to delete the attribute.
4. In the Edit Attribute s/Parameters dia log,
highlight the pa rameter to delete, and then click
Delete Parameter. Alternatively, to delete all
parameters under the same Custom Att ributes
heading as the highlighted parameter, click
Delete Al l Parameters.
To delete one or more custom attributes instead,
click a Custom Attributes heading, and then
click Delete Attribute or Delete All Attributes.
Multiple attributes can result from collapsing an
object’s stack with Preserve Custom Attributes
on. For example, one set of custom attributes
might b e applied to an object and a second set
of attributes assigned to one of its modifiers.
Collapsing such an object results in two sets of
custom attributes.
5. Click Apply Changes, and then close the dialog
by clicking its Close box or the Cancel button.
Interf ace
The Parameter Editor takes the form of a dialog
w ith several rollouts: The first rollout sets general
options for the attribute; the central rollout sets
options for the current parameter type; and the
third lets you preview the attribute user interface
(UI).