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698 Chapter 21: User Interface

Set quadrant

Keyframe—Sets a key at the current frame. Set Key

or Auto Key do not need to be on.

Show Tra jector ies Toggl e—Toggles the display of

trajec tories (page 2–301).

Reaction Manager—Opens the Reaction Manager

dialog (page 2–361).

Delete Selected Animation—Deletes any existing

animation keys for all selected objects, as well as

any sub-object animation. E ach object remains

in its state at the frame in which you use this

command.

Pose quadrant

Set Pref Angles—For a hierarchy with

history-independent (HI) IK applied to it, sets the

pref erred angle for each bone in the chain.

As su me Pref A n gl es—For a hierarchy with

history-independent (HI) IK applied to it, copies

theX,Y,andZpreferredanglechannelsof

each bone and places them into its FK rotat ion

subcontroller.

Set as Sk in Pose—Stores the selected objects’

current position, rotation, and scale as the skin

pose. See Skin Pose Commands (page 1–116).

Assume Skin Pose—C auses the selected objects

to take on the stored skin pose. See Skin Pose

Commands (page 1–116).

Transform quadrant

Commands in this quadrant are meant primarily

as aids to character animation. Use the Freeze

commands to set the character’s init ial pose. Then

you can later use the “to Zero” options to return

to that initial pose.

Freeze Tra nsfor m—Sets the object’s transform

values to zero w ithout actually moving the object.

Freeze R ota tion—Sets the object’s rotation value to

zero without actua l ly moving the object.

Transf orm to Zero—Transforms the object back to

the zero p ose established by Freeze Transform.

Transform To Zero works only if y ou have

previously invoked Freeze Transform or Freeze

Rotation.

Note: There is also a Position To Zero command,

which returns the object to the zero position only

(no rotation). You can use Position To Zero by

creating a keybo ard shortcut for it. See Additional

Keyboard Commands (page 3–669).

Rotation to Zero—Transforms the object back to

the zero rotation established by Freeze Rotation.

Rotation To Zero works only if you have previously

invoked Freeze Transfor m or Freeze Rotation.

Status Bar Controls

The 3ds Max window contains an area at the

bottom for prompt and status information about

yoursceneandtheactivecommand.Thereisa

coordinate display area in which you can type

transform values, and on the left, a two-line

interface to the MAXScript Listener.