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Chapter 1 ✦ Finding Your Way — Exploring the Max Interface
Controllers affect the position, rotation, and scaling of objects in preset ways, and Constraints
limit the motion of an object. You can access a list of Controllers by clicking the Assign
Controller button positioned at the top of the Assign Controller rollout or by choosing one
from the Animation menu.
Figure 1-12: The Motion panel offers an interface
for assigning animation Controllers to an object.
The Trajectories button opens a single rollout that lets you set parameters for the animation
path.
Constraints and Controllers are the subjects of Chapter 31, “Animating with Constraints and
Controllers.” Trajectories are covered in Chapter 30, “Animation Basics.”
Display panel
The Display panel, shown in Figure 1-13, controls how objects are seen within the viewports.
You can set display parameters for individual objects. Using this panel, you can hide or freeze
objects and modify all display parameters. Many of these same commands are found in the
Display Floater and in the Object Properties dialog box.
I cover the Display panel in Chapter 6, “Selecting Objects and Setting Object Properties.”
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Assign Controller button
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