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46 Chapter 2: Viewing and Navigating 3D Space
the Axis tr ipod is disabled, the Transform Gizmo
is also hidden.
Tip: Theconverseisnottrue. Ifthetransform
gizmo is turned off, turning on the axis tripod
visibility does not display the transform gizmo.
Procedure
To scale the tr ansf orm giz mo, do one of the foll owing:
•Press–(hyphen)toshrinktheTransform
gizmo.
•Press=(equalsign)toenlargetheTransform
gizmo.
Show Ghosting
Views menu > Show G hosting
Ghosting is a method of displaying wireframe
"ghostcopies"ofananimatedobjectatanumber
of frames before or after the current frame. Use it
to analyze and adjust your animation. Ghosts that
overlap indicate slower motion; ghosts that are
spread further apart show faster motion.
When this command is active, ghosting is
displayed for selected objects in the scene. Only
currently selected objects display the ghosting.
Ghosting helps to visualize animation.
To change Ghost ing parameters choose Custom ize
> Preferences. On the Viewport panel of the
Preferences dialog you can determine the number
of ghosting frames, whether to ghost before or
after the current frame, or both, and you can also
show frame numbers with the ghosts.
Procedure
To show wireframe ghost copies of an animated
obj ect:
• Choose Views menu > Show Ghosting.
Show K ey T imes
Select an object with animation. > Views menu > Show
Key Times
Key Times shows the frame numbers along a
displayed animation
trajector y (page 2–296) .
Key times correspond to the settings in
Time
Configuration (page 3–768)
for Frames or SMPTE
(page 3–1107)
.Bydefault,keytimesareshown
as frame numbers.
Procedure
To display tr ajector y time values in the viewport:
1.
Select an object with animation.
2. On the D isplay panel > Display
Properties rollout, turn on Trajectory.
Tip: If the rollout controls are unavailable,
right-click the object in the active viewp ort,
choose Properties, and in the Display Properties
group, click By La yer to change to By Object.
This will make the Tr ajec tory option become
available.
3. Choose Views menu > Show Key Times.
Thetimevaluesaredisplayedaswhitenumbers
along the trajectory. They remain displayed in
red when the animated object is deselected.