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Load Animation 475
Position (the layer name is inserted into the
controller name).
Whether Load Into Active Layer is on or off, when
you load animation to an object after changing its
Animation Layers status, the software prompts you
to create a map file. If Load Into Active La y er is on,
when you click Yes to create the map file, the Map
Animation dialog opens showing only the act ive
layer’s tr acks in the Current list, and the tracks are
already mapped correctly in the Mapped list. All
you need to do is save the m apping, and then lo ad
the motion.
If Load Into A ctive La yer is off, clicking Yes to
create the map fi le opens the Map Animation
dialog show ing a ll animation tracks in all layers,
and you need to use the Map Animation controls
to map the tracks before saving the mapping and
loading the motion.
Relative/Absolute—Determines how incoming
animation affects existing values. Relative starts
theloadedmotionatthecurrentvaluesofthe
selected objects in the scene. Absolute sets the
values of objects in the scene the scene to those
of the motion; so, for example, it would move a
character to a new location and start the animation
there. Default=Relative.
Replace/Insert—Determines how existing keys are
treatedwhentheanimationisloaded. Replace
overwrites the keys in the scene with the incoming
motion, starting at the chosen frame. Inser t
inserts the mot ion at the chosen frame and moves
any subsequent, existing keys to the end of the
incoming motion. Default=Insert.
At Frame—The f rame at which the incoming
animation is applied. Default=0.
Loa d Mo ti on —If mapping information is available,
loads the animation from the file specified in the
File Name field and applies it to current objects
according to the mapping information. If no
mapping has b een specified, you’re g iven the
opportunity to create a map file. If you then click
Ye s , t h e Map Animation dialog (page 3–478) opens,
but if you click No, no animation is loaded.
Cance l—Closes the dialog without loading any
animation.
Motion Mapping/Retargeting group
File—Shows the current mapping file, or “Default”
if no mapping file has been chosen. Choose a
mapping file from the drop-down list.
The list contains the most recently loaded mapping
files.Ifthefileyouwanttouseisn’tavailableinthe
list, use the Get Mapping button.
Tip: Ifthepathsinthedrop-downlistaretoolong
to see the file name itself, you can resize the dialog
to make the dialog and the list wider.
Get Ma pping—Lets you browse to load a mapping
file. Use this if the file doesn’t appear in the Use
Mapping drop-down list. The file then appears in
the list for easy reloading.
Edit M apping—Opens the Map Animation dialog
(page 3–478) for setting up animation assignments
between incoming tracks and existing tracks.
Avai lable only after an animation (XAF) file has
been chosen .
User Data group
The User D ata list shows any user data present in
the XAF file spe cified in the File Name field. User
datacanbecreatedviatheSaveAnimationdialog,
or by editing the XAF file directly.