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Merge Animation 469
IK —
Merges animation data of IK chains created
with IK solvers.
Positi on—Merges Position tr ansform animation
data.
Rotation—Merges Rotat ion transform animation
data.
Scale—Merges Scale transform animation data.
Modifiers—Merges animation data of modifiers.
In order for animation data of a modifier to be
transferred, the current object must already have
thesamemodifierappliedtoit.
More Attributes group
Selects additional attributes to be merged from the
source file.
Custom Attributes—Merges animation data of any
custom attributes on source objects.
Add New Def s—Adds custom attribute definitions
tothecurrentobjectifitdoesn’thavethesame
definitionsasthesourceobject.
B ase Objects—Merges animation data of
parameters at the object base level. For example, if
a sphere’s Radius parameter is animated, checking
this option will merge the Radius animation data.
This option w ill also merge animation data at an
object’s sub-object le vel, such as the animation of
ver t ices on a spline or Editable Mesh object.
Mater ials/Maps—Merges animation data of
materials and/or maps.
V isibility Tracks—Merges animation data of
visibility tracks.
Object Mapping rollout
Sets up a one-to-one correspondence (mapping)
between source objects and current objects.
Animation data on objects in the Merge Nodes
column will be merged to the corresponding
object in the Current Nodes column.
To mov e obj e c t s to t h e Me r g e No d e s colu m n , drag
them from the Source Nodes column, or use Auto
Name Mapping to automatically map objects with
the same names or partial names.
Source Objects—Allows you to specify wildcard
expressions for filtering source objects. Click
Refresh to view objects specified by the wildcard
expression.
Refresh—Refreshes t he display based on wildcard
expressions entered in the Source Objects field.
Sour ce Nodes—Displays the object selected w ith
theSourceObjectoption,andallitschildren.
Objects with keyframed animation are listed in
red, and objects with procedural controllers (such
as a Noise or Expression controller) are listed in
green.Thedisplaycanbelimitedwithwildcard
expressions entered in the Source Objects field.
Curr ent Obj ects —Allows you to specify wildcard
expressions for fi ltering cur rent objects. Click
Refresh to v iew objects selected by the wildcard
expression.