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CHAPTER 1 Working in Autodesk MAyA
Reference Grouping
For the reference and proxy to share the same translation, rotation, and scale animation, the refer-
ence must have Group enabled when it is brought into the scene. Otherwise, when you animate the
proxy and then switch to the reference, animation placed on the transform node of the proxy will
not be transferred to the reference.
4. Click the Reference button in the References dialog box, and choose the vehicle Reference_
v01.ma file from the chapter1\scenes directory that you copied to your local disk.
When the reference loads, you’ll see that it is parented to a locator named vehicleReference_
v01RNlocator in the Outliner.
5. In the Outliner, MMB-drag the vehicleReference_v01RNlocator on top of the carAnimation
locator.
Figure 1.47
In the file reference
options, make sure
Group is on if you
want to animate
the reference and
proxies.
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