
A	above Hierarchy 305 Assume rest pose 308 ListMode 278 action 11 Action Graph Editor 146 Action Lister 140 buttons expand animation 144 expand channel 144 expand item 144 param filter 141 pin object 144 changing names 143 icons object type 144 padlock 145 panels filter control 141 selecting 143 action lister changing name 13 expanding DAG node 13 Action Timeview 147 editing expressions 148 Motion Path action 147 parameter curve action 147 timeview summary bars 147 Action Window 138 Action Lister 140 action window... Preferences menu 174 buttons graph editor 143 timeview 143 limits 139 menus ActionTools 168 CurveTools 156 DispTools 166 Edit 150 ListMode 148 Pick 158 Preferences 173 TangentType 170 Views 164 Xform 161 moving curves 161 keyframes 161 tangents 161 pick-walking 160 snap toggles 139 key 139 time 139 time slider 140 value 139 switching to Pick 13 actions creating 8 defining 168 motion paths 9 multiple-instance 132 parameter curves 9 ActionTools Action Window 168 comment 170 constant before/after 168 cycle before/after 168 cycle before/after with offset 168 identity before/after 170 linear before/after 169 oscillate before/after 169 active Skeletons 300 active objects Edit set Run dynamics 344 add Edit menu 366 Set Editor 421 add 0% cluster CVs ShapeShifter 380 Add IK handle 284 options 286 Control Type 287 create curve 291 create root handle 291 goal type 289 orientation 288 position type 291 set rest pose 288 Solver 286 twist root 291 twist type 291 weight type 289 weight value 289 Add IK handles options snap curve to root 291 add members Modify menu 417 adding IK handles 284 selection handles 368 advanced options FlipBook 103 aim Constraint Type 322 Aim axis/Up axis Constrain to 323 aim constraints using 319 all Export - Anim 125 Frame Range 301 Joints 306 Assume rest pose 308 ListMode 278 run menu 217 Save Anim 125 Show D.O.F. 280 Skeletons 300 all skeleton ListMode 278 all windows Toggle Type 329 Toggle IK Handle 297 anchors 244 angle selector bulge section editor 406 Anim palette Pose animation 208 Scene Info 193 Set key shape 370 Set motion 37 summary 5 View frame 77 Anim Stats 188 options List Mode 189 Select 190 Sort By 189 animatable items 6 animated channels filter control Action Lister 142 animated objects following Expressions 183 animating along a path Set motion 37 around a pivot 29 Autofly curves 32 ball 25 cameras 53 along a path 32 motion path 41 perspective 56 views of scenes 32 window's 56 clusters percentages 56 constraints 55 CVs 53 DAG nodes attributes 6 image plane 57 lights 27, 54 lookat camera 42 objects 53 parameters determining if animated 7 polyset vertex 53 shader 27 shaders 53 skeletons 54 multi-chain IK handles 299 textures 54 time universal 57 animation baking 314 basics 6 copying keyframes 63 skeletal 267 cutting keyframes 66 cycling with a time warp 429 deleting 202 static 205 file operations introduction 116 importing saved 126 modulating Expressions 184 pasting keyframes 70 skeletal 267 playing back 79 previewing rendered 92 SDL files 116 setting automatic keyframing 75 tools 4 transition retrieved and existing 130 viewing frames 77 viewing with Playback 79 Animation menu Action window 138 Auto keyframe 75 FlipBook 92 MetaCycle window 212 Param control 19 Playback options 81 Run dynamics 336 Run IK 299 Set keyframe 52 SGI Movie/QuickTime 109 summary 4 Tgl time slider 15 Time warps 424 Turntable 29 Animation Options keyframe 340 Run dynamics 340 sample by 340 simplify 340 tolerance 341 animation options objects 86 animation parameters 11 naming 11 animation playback options hierarchy 86 optimization 88 output video 88 parameters 86 Play Blast 86 repeat 86 anti flip Information Window 262 any Pick menu 158 any tangents Pick menu 159 append keyframes CurveTools 156 application SGI Movie/QuickTime 110 apply using Param control... 24 applying many timewarps 425 time warp 426 arc lengths spline IK 260 Assume rest pose 307 options 307 hierarchy 307 joints 308 pose 308 attach Frame Control 384 attributes animating DAG nodes 6 copying skeletal 267 pasting skeletal 267 audio control sound options 84 auto picklist Set lister 416 auto bank in/out Autofly 35 Auto keyframe 75 options 76 Autofly 32 animating curves 32 camera eye 32 camera up vector 32 camera view 32 options 35 auto bank in/out 35 By Frames 35 create SDL file 35 end frame 35 maximum bank degrees 35 start frame 35 axis deformation frame type Deformation Control Window 385 axis frame type using percentage effect parameter 388
B	background sequencer FlipBook 103 bake 314 Run IK 244 baking animation 314 ball animating 25 bank using 38 bank in/out Set motion 44 basic animation 6 below Hierarchy 305 Assume rest pose 308 hierarchy depth 398 ListMode 278 bending bulging 408 between loops New cycles warp 432 bones display 239 effect area frame parameters 398 skeletons 238 using 239 book list FlipBook 97 both Goal Type 289 Hierarchy 306 Assume rest pose 308 Pose 306 Assume rest pose 308 bounding box IK handle Information Window 248 bounding box min/max Information Window 249 box picking in Action Window 13 bulge character builder 400 bulge attributes bulge type 403 Deformation Control Window 403 relate to 403 relate transform 404 scale factor 403 section placements 403 transform range 404 zero degree section 403 bulge section editor angle selector 406 Deformation Control Window 405 bulge type bulge attributes 403 bulging bending 408 by Frame Control 338 Play Blast output filename extensions 91 Time Slider 17 By Frames Autofly 35 Run IK Options 301
C	camera animating 53 along a path 32 lookat 42 motion path 41 perspective 56 views of scenes 32 window 56 camera up Set motion 44 eye 32 Autofly 32 up vector 32 Autofly 32 view 32 Autofly 32 visibility motion path 42 cameras animating perspective 56 centroids Shape Center 379 ShapeShifter 377 chain ListMode 277 changing clusters percentages 362 items name 13 names Action Lister 143 channel type Del channels 203 channels 6 actions 8 applying timewarps 425 copying 199 creating 7 definition 11 deleting 202 multiple channels 10 objects 7 timewarps 424 using multiple channels 10 verifying 7 character new menu Metacycle window 216 character builder deformation options 399 deformations 399 frame control load attributes 399 modify 399 remove attributes 399 set attributes 399 frame parameters bulge 400 hierarchy depth 399 character detail editor character options 215 Metacycle 215 target data 215 character options character detail editor 215 character playback options Detail editor 218 preview by 219 record mode 219 sample by 219 simplify results 219 start recording at 218 characters creating human-like 240 MetaCycle Window 212 choosing objects Run dynamics 342 clear Edit menu 152 Cluster editor 360 buttons compress 361 exclusive 361 expand 361 joint 361 leaf node 361 locked 361 multi 361 pick-in-modeler 361 unlocked 361 cluster percentages 362 menus 365 edit 366 listmode 366 pick 366 options name field 361 other functionality 367 clusters animating percentages 56 creating 356 for deforming 382 editing 360 multi 364 percentage joint 363 leaf 363 percentages changing 362 Cluster editor 362 effect types 362 picking 358 Scene Info 191 transforming 389 using 356 xforming 389 collapse Edit menu 366 Frame Control 384 Collision Types make all 346 object collision 346 particle collision 346 Run dynamics 345 use mass/ density 347 commands menu Expression Control 197 comment ActionTools 170 Compensation field render 303 motion blur 303 rotation tol 304 Run IK Options 303 translation tol 304 complex single-chain 252 compress Cluster editor 361 Cut keyframes 69 Play Blast 83 compression options FlipBook 101 compression view FlipBook 103 constant before/after ActionTools 168 Constrain to 316 options 321 aim axis/up axis 322 constraint target 321 constraint type 321 weight 323 constraining objects 310 to objects 316 Constraint Target Constrain to 321 object 321 UV 321 constraint target animating U and V values 322 Constraint Type aim 322 Constrain to 321 orientation 322 point 322 Constraints 329 options 329 constraints animating 55 deleting 330 generalized 244 toggling 329 Constraints On/Off Options window 326 control name ShapeShifter 379 control objects creating Expressions 182 control panel FlipBook 96 control parameter ShapeShifter 379 control range ShapeShifter 379 Control Type Add IK Handle Options 287 plane rotation 288 plane/pole rotation 288 translation 288 control type IK Handle info 250 convert to snippet edit menu 217 converting snippets transitions 232 transitions snippets 232 copy Edit menu 150, 367 Import - Anim 130 Copy keyframe 63 options 64 copy method 64 end frame 65 frame range 65 hierarchy 64 parameters 64 start frame 65 copy method Copy keyframes 64 copy segment Edit menu 151 copying animation keyframe 63 skeletal 267 attributes skeletal 267 channels 199 Create constraint 310 options 311 create jack 311 create selection handle 311 orientation constraint 311 point constraint 311 weight 311 create control geometry ShapeShifter 380 Create Curve Add IK Handles Options 291 create jack Create constraint 311 Create Root Handle Add IK Handle Options 291 create SDL file Autofly 35 create selection handle Create constraint 311 create set Modify menu 418 create slider geometry ShapeShifter 381 creating channels 7 characters human-like 240 clusters 356 for deforming 382 constraints objects 310 end-effectors 290 Expressions control objects 182 joint information 272 joint nodes 238 movie formats Apple (QuickTime) 109 SGI 109 playback custom 208 pose animation keyframe 210 sets 412, 414 ShapeShifter interpolations 374 shearing effects 397 snippets 228 spine chain simple 240 transitions 230 current Frame Range 301 current time bar 16 field 16 current window Toggle Type 298, 329 Curve CV Global Parameters settings 20 curve frame type using percentage effect parameters 393 curves animating Autofly 32 deformation 390 moving Action Window 161 Pick menu 159 time warps 424 CurveTools 156 options append keyframes 156 insert keyframes 156 simplify 157 tgl keyframe lock 158 use result 156 customizing playback 208 cut Edit menu 150 Cut keyframes 66 options 67 compress 69 cut method 68 end frame 69 frame range 69 hierarchy 68 parameters 67 start frame 69 cut method Cut keyframes 68 cutting animation keyframes 66 keyframes 66 CVs animating 53 first Shape Center 379 ShapeShifter 377 Cycle options 430 cycle before/after with offset ActionTools 168 cycling animation with a time warp 429
D	DAG nodes animating attributes 6 DAG Node Global Parameters 20 data per frame Export - Anim 124 Save Anim 124 data table generating MetaCycle 233 defining actions 168 rest pose 305 transition target data 233 definition action 11 animation parameters 11 channel 6, 11 motion paths action 9 parameter curve actions 7 deformation axis frame parameters Deformation Control Window 386 Deformation Control 382 Deformation Control Window 383 axis deformation frame type 385 bulge attributes 403 buttons edit 384 frame control 384 deformation options 385 character builder 399 frame parameters 386, 392 effect area 398 effect range 392 joint attributes 402 percentage effect parameters 387 interpolation 392 percentage 398 section editor 406 deformation options character builder 399 Deformation Control Window 385 frame type 385 deforming bending 408 bulging 408 character builder 399 clusters 382 curves 390 skeletons 397 Del channels 202 options 202 channel type 203 hierarchy 203 objects 203 parameters 203 Del constraints 330 options 330 Del static actions 205 options 206 hierarchy 207 objects 206 parameters 206 delete edit menu Metacycle window 217 delete character edit menu Metacycle window 217 delete set Modify menu 418 deleting animation 202 static 205 channels 202 constraints 330 sets 412 tangents flat 205 destination frame ending frame 227 tangent out 227 transition type 227 detach Frame Control 384 Detail editor destination frame 227 ending frame 227 tangent out 227 transition type 227 menu area run menu 217 MetaCycle Window 221 options 218 character playback 218 stage 218 plug icon 221 preview options 222 snippet options 222 source frame starting frames 225 tangent in 226 transition type 225 start icon 221 target data 227 transitions 224 length 224 name 224 Detection Only Run IK Options 304 Disable Multi IK Run IK Options 302 Disable Single/Spline IK Run IK Options 302 display bones 239 skeletons 239 toggling constraints 329 DispTools Action Window 166 tgl curve names 167 tgl infinity 167 tgl keyframes 167 tgl result curves 167 tgl sound graph 167 tgl stats 167 tgl tangents 167 tgl template 166 dolly Views menu 165 drawing head 241 left arm 243 leg left 240 right 240 right arm 242 skeletons head 241 left arm 243 left leg 240 right arm 242 right leg 240 spine 241 spine 241 Duplicate channels 199 options 199 hierarchy 200 parameters 200 time offset 201 translation/rotation/ scaling 199 dynamics running 336 torque 349
E	ease-in/out Twist type 291 Edit Deformation Control Window 384 edit environ Run Dynamics Control Window 348 edit expression Edit menu 150 edit marking menus Preferences menu 173 Edit menu Action Window 150 add 366 Cluster editor 366 collapse 366 copy 366 Keyframe Edit 153 Metacycle Window convert to snippet 217 move 366 options clear 152 copy 150 copy segment 151 cut 150 edit expression 150 paste 150 paste instance 152 paste segment (offset) 151 redo 153 show instance 152 undo 153 remove 366 Run dynamics 342 split 366 edit menu delete 217 Edit set 420 active objects 344 force objects 344 passive objects 344 show particles 345 simulation sets 343 editcell/slider Expression Control 198 editing clusters 360 Expression controls 196 expressions Action Timeview 148 sets 414 active objects 344 force objects 344 passive objects 344 Run dynamics 342 Set Editor 420 Set lister 418 show particles 345 simulation sets 343 Skeleton editor globally 282 snippets 231 transitions 232 effect area bones 398 joints 398 effect range frame parameters 392 multiple clusters 392 single cluster 392 effect types clusters percentages 362 joint cluster percentages 363 leaf cluster percentages 363 end effectors 245 end frame Autofly 35 Copy keyframe 65 Cut keyframes 69 Frame Control 338 Paste keyframes 74 end-effector IK Handle info 249 end-effectors creating 290 ending frame transition type 227 entering expressions 12 examples Expressions parameters 178 Set key shape 372 ShapeShifter 375 exclusive Cluster editor 361 Members 359 New set 412 Set Type 421 expand animation Action Lister 144 expand channel Action Lister 144 expand item Action Lister 144 Expanding 13 expanding Cluster Editor 361 DAG node action lister 13 exponential interpolation percentage effect parameters 387 Export - Anim options 123 all 125 data per frame 124 hierarchy 123 option window 125 parameters 123 save joint IK 124 store 123 time range 124 Expression Control 196 buttons commands menu 197 key 196 editcell/slider 198 editing 196 name filter field 196 window 196 Expressions creating control objects 182 entering 12 examples parameters 178 following animated objects 183 interlocking gears 182 logical operations 180 mathematical functions 178 modulating animation 184 objects 131 parameter curves 131 referring to parameters 175 relating shader parameters 183 using 175 extensions of files, padding 100 eye camera 32
F	fast tangents tangents fast 61 fast seg in TangentType 172 fast seg out TangentType 172 fast-in/slow-out Twist Type 291 field render Compensation 303 filter control animated channels 142 param filter Action Lister 141 timing curves 142 visibility 142 filter controls global parameters 142 local parameters 142 first CV Shape Center 379 fixed TangentType 173 flat tangents deleting 205 tangents flat 61 TangentType 172 FlipBook 92 Control Window 95 Editor 92 parameters advanced options 103 background sequencer 103 book list 97 compression options 101 compression view 103 control panel 96 keyframe buttons 107 Keyframe Lister 106 load options 100 options 99 sprite animation 104 sprite path editor 104 flow Set motion restrictions 47 flow slices 46 using 46 follow Set motion 44 using 38 following animated objects Expressions 183 force objects Edit set Run dynamics 344 fps Time Slider 17 frame Set keyframe 60 Frame Control attach 384 by 338 collapse 384 Deformation Control Window 384 detach 384 end frame 338 load attributes 385 modify 384 remove attributes 385 Run dynamics 338 set attributes 384 start frame 338 steps/frame 338 frame parameters bulge character builder 400 character builder 400 Control Window effect range 392 deformation axis 386 Deformation Control Window 386 effect area bones 398 joints 398 hierarchy depth 398 below 398 none 398 partial below 398 Frame Range all 301 current 301 option window 301 Frame Range 301 Run IK Options 301 frame range Copy keyframes 64 Cut keyframes 69 Import - Anim 128 Paste keyframes 73 frame type deformation options 385 frames preview options 223 viewing animation 77 frames/second Simulation Options 339
G	gap Paste keyframes 74 generalized constraints 244 generating MetaCycle data table 233 Geometry Scene Info 195 global parameters 19 toggling 24 Global Parameter Window 20 global parameters filter controls Action Lister 142 globally editing Skeleton editor 282 Goal Type Add IK Handle Options 289 both 289 orientation 289 position 289 graph editor Action Window 143 grouped IK handle manipulation 313 grouping menus using 342
H	handles List Type 280 non-overlapping 244 head drawing 241 Hierarchy above 305 Assume rest pose above 307 below 308 both 308 none 307 below 305 both 306 none 305 Rest Pose Options 305 hierarchy animation options 86 Copy keyframes 64 Cut keyframes 68 Del channels 203 Del static actions 207 Duplicate channel 200 Export - Anim 123 Import - Anim 127 ListMode 278 New cycles warp 431 New scale warp 434 New time warp 427 Save Anim 123 Set keyframe 59 ShapeShifter 377 hierarchy depth below 398 none 398 partial below 398 human-like characters creating 240
I	identity before/after ActionTools 170 IK drag 244 introduction 244 Scene Info 192 spline 261 terminology 244 IK Handle info orientation 255 pole order 251 position 255 weight 255 IK handles 297 adding 284 definition 245 grouped manipulation 313 in 244 Information Window 248 non-overlapping 244 orientation position 255 overlapping 256 picking 293 position orientation 255 rest pose 307 toggling off 297 on 297 using multi-chain 255 single-chain 247 IK Handles On/Off Options window 295 IK type Skeleton editor lister 273 image plane animating 57 Import - Anim 126 options 127 copies 129 frame range 128 hierarchy 127 match method 127 name 127 overwrite names 129 parameters 127 placement 128 retrieve joint IK 129 retrieve method 127 spacing 129 importing animation 126 animation, HIERARCHY section required in SDL 116 In Tangent 60 in tangents Pick menu 159 in/out tangents 61 TangentType 172 Information Window anti flip 262 bounding box min/max 249 IK handle 248 bounding box 248 invisible 248 name 248 spline and root handles 261 input frame range SGI Movie/QuickTime 112 Insert Expressions 131 Motion Paths 131 Timewarps 131 insert keyframes CurveTools 156 integer Paste keyframes 73 interactive applications MetaCycle Window 212 interlocking gears Expressions 182 interpolating keyshapes 371 ShapeShifter 374 interpolation exponential 387 joint attributes 402 key shape 378 linear 387 percentage effect parameters 387, 392 ShapeShift 379 sine 387 introducing animation 4 introduction animation file operations 116 IK 244 invisible IK handle Information Window 248 items changing name 13
J	joint Cluster editor 361 effect types cluster percentages 363 SBD cluster percentages 364 joint attributes Deformation Control Window 402 interpolation 402 lower bound 402 upper bound 402 joint expansion IK type icons 274 Skeleton editor lister 273 joint information creating 272 setting 272 joint nodes creating 238 Skeleton editor lister 272 skeletons 238 Joints all 306 Assume rest pose 308 all 308 used 308 Rest Pose Options 306 used 306 joints effect area frame parameters 398 List Type 280 rest pose 307 root 244 skeletons 238
K	key Expression Control 196 key shape Interpolation 378 keyframe buttons using 107 Keyframe Edit Edit menu, Action Window 153 options pos' x/y 153 tan' in/out 153 tan' type 153 tangent lock button 154 Keyframe Lister using 106 Keyframe Stats using 155 keyframes Animation Options 340 copying animation 63 creating pose animation 210 cutting 66 moving from Action Window 161 pasting animations 70 Pick menu 158 pick-walking 160 setting 52 Keyshape 370 interpolations 371
L	leaf effect types cluster percentages 363 SBD cluster percentages 364 leaf node Cluster editor 361 left arm drawing 243 leg drawing left 240 right 240 lights animating 27, 53 limit translate to range ShapeShifter 380 Line style 239 linear interpolation percentage effect parameters 387 Twist type 291 linear before/after ActionTools 169 linear seg in TangentTypes 171 linear seg out TangentTypes 171 List menu Set lister 417 List mode Anim Stats 189 List Type handles 280 joints 280 lister Skeleton editor 272 icons 272 see Skeleton editor lister for icons 272 ListMode above 277 Action Window 148 all 278 all skeleton 278 below 278 chain 277 Skeleton editor 277 hierarchy 278 menu Cluster editor 366 picked 277 above 277 Skeleton editor 277 skeleton 277 Skeleton editor 277 Skeleton editor 277 load attributes Frame Control 385 load options FlipBook 100 local Orientation 288 parameters 21 local axes Pivot info Information Window 249 Local Parameter window 22 local parameters filter controls Action Lister 142 locked Cluster editor 361 logical operations Expressions 180 look at Views menu 164 lookat animating camera 42 loop start frame/loop end frame New cycles warp 431 loops preview options 223 lower bound joint attributes 402
M	make all Collision Types 346 many-to-many relationship 10 many-to-one relationship 10 master handle info 263 target curve 263 twist 263 twist root 263 twist type 263 master handles spline IK 259 match method Import - Anim 127 matching skeleton topology 269 mathematical functions Expressions 178 maximum bank Set motion 44 maximum bank degrees Autofly 35 Members exclusive 359, 412 multiple 359, 412 New cluster 359 New set 412 Menu area edit menu 217 convert to snippet 217 delete 217 delete character 217 menu area MetaCycle Window 216 new menu character 216 snippet 216 transition 216 run menu all 217 options 217 path 217 menus Action Window CurveTools 156 Edit 150 ListMode 148 Pick 158 Preferences 173 TangentType 170 Cluster editor 365 MetaCycle data table 233 Metacycle Character Detail editor 215 MetaCycle Window 212 characters 212 Detail editor 221 interactive applications 212 layout 214 menu area 216 motion capture 213 rendered applications 213 snippets 212 snippets icons 221 tabs 214 transitions 212 workspace area 220 metamorphosing 370 Min/Max Time Slider 16 min/max/ percentage percentage effect parameters 388 minimum/maximum Skeleton editor spreadsheet 276 Mode Set lister 419 Model Pick selected 281 modify Frame Control 384 Modify menu add members 417 create set 417 delete set 418 remove members 417 Set lister 417 modulating Expressions animation 184 motion blur baking 314 Compensation 303 motion capture MetaCycle Window 213 motion path action 9 animating cameras 41 Set motion 43 Motion Path action Action Timeview 147 move Edit menu 366 Xform menu 161 movie formats creating Apple (QuickTime) 109 SGI 109 movie options SGI Movie/QuickTime 111 moving curves Action Window 161 keyframes Action Window 161 tangents Action Window 161 multi Cluster editor 361 Set Type 421 multi-chain IK handles using 255 IK type icons 274 solvers 254 Run IK 257 multi-chain IK handles animating skeletons 299 multi-cluster transformations 364 multi-handle Solver 286 Multi-lister Playback 79 using Playback 79 multiple Members 359 New set 412 multiple channels using 10 multiple clusters effect range 392 multiple-instance actions 132
N	name changing action lister 13 IK handle Information Window 248 Import - Anim 127 name field Cluster editor 361 name filter field Expression Control 196 names changing Action Lister 143 naming animation parameters 11 New cluster 356 options 358 members 359 New cycles warp 429 options 430 between loops 432 hierarchy 431 loop start frame/loop end frame 431 objects 430 oscillate 431 parameters 431 paste to frame 432 repetitions 432 new menu menu area 216 New scale warp 433 options 433 hierarchy 434 objects 433 params 434 start frame/end frame 435 time range 435 time scale 435 New selection handle 368 New set 412 options 412 members 412 New time warp 426 options 426 hierarchy 427 objects 426 parameters 426 time range 427 none Hierarchy 305 Assume rest pose 308 hierarchy depth 398 non-overlapping IK handles 244 nothing Pick menu 158
O	object collision Collision Types 346 object type Action Lister 144 objects animating 7, 53 animation options 86 channels 7 choosing Run dynamics 342 constraining 310 to objects 316 Constraint Target 321 Del channels 203 Del static actions 206 Expressions 131 New cycles warp 430 New scale warp 433 New time warp 426 Set keyframe 58 Objects palette Draw skeleton 238 operations repeating Action Window 13 optimization animation options 88 optimization options Play Blast 88 optimizing Playback options 81 option window Export - Anim 125 Save Anim 125 options Add IK Handle Control Type 287 Add IK handle 286 create root handle 291 goal type 289 orientation 288 position type 291 set rest pose 288 snap curve to root 291 Solver 286 twist root 291 twist type 291 weight type 289 weight value 289 Add IK handles create curve 291 Assume rest pose 307 hierarchy 307 joints 308 pose 308 Auto keyframe 76 Autofly 35 auto bank in/out 35 By Frames 35 create SDL file 35 end frame 35 maximum bank degrees 35 start frame 35 Cluster editor name field 361 Constrain to 321 aim axis/up axis 322 constraint target 321 constraint type 321 weight 323 Constraints 329 Copy keyframe end frame 65 frame range 65 start frame 65 Copy keyframes 64 copy method 64 hierarchy 64 parameters 64 Create constraint 311 create jack 311 create selection handle 311 orientation constraint 311 point constraint 311 weight 311 Cut keyframes 67 compress 69 cut method 68 end frame 69 frame range 69 hierarchy 68 parameters 67 start frame 69 Del channels channel type 203 hierarchy 203 objects 203 parameters 203 Del constraints 330 Del static actions hierarchy 207 objects 206 parameters 206 Duplicate channels hierarchy 200 parameters 200 time offset 201 translation/rotation/ scaling 199 Edit menu clear 152 copy 150 copy segment 151 cut 150 edit expressions 150 paste 150 paste instance 152 paste segment (offset) 151 redo 153 show instance 152 undo 153 Export - Anim all 125 data per frame 124 hierarchy 123 option window 125 parameters 123 save joint IK 124 store 123 time range 124 FlipBook 99 Global Parameter 20 Import - Anim copies 129 frame range 128 hierarchy 127 name 127 overwrite names 130 parameters 127 placement 128 retrieve joint IK 130 retrieve method 127 spacing 129 New cluster 358 members 359 New cycles warp between loops 432 hierarchy 431 loop start frame/loop end frame 431 objects 430 oscillate 431 parameters 431 paste to frame 432 repetitions 432 New scale warp hierarchy 434 objects 433 params 434 start frame/end frame 435 time range 435 time scale 435 New set 412 members 412 New time warp hierarchy 427 objects 426 parameters 426 time range 427 Overlay skeleton copy IK handles 271 copy joints 271 copy pivots 270 time offset 271 Paste keyframes 72 end frame 73 frame range 73 gap 74 integer 73 parameters 72 paste method 73 range fit 73 repeat 73 start frame 73 Play Blast compress 83 quick render 82 sound options 84 zoom factor 82 Pose animation time range 209 Run dynamics 337 animation options 340 collision types 345 frame control 338 participating objects 341 Run Dynamics Control Window run 347 Run IK by frames 301 compensation 303 detection only 304 disable multi IK 302 disable single/spline IK 302 frame range 301 redraw 302 sample rate 301 simplify 302 Skeletons 300 with single/spline IK 302 run menu 217 Save Anim all 125 data per frame 124 hierarchy 123 option window 125 parameters 123 save joint IK 124 store 123 time range 124 Set key shape interpolation 378 Set keyframe 58 frame 60 hierarchy 59 parameters 59 Set lister 419 mode 419 Set motion 43 bank in/out 44 camera up 44 flow 45 flow slices 46 follow 44 maximum bank 44 motion path 43 range 45 sample by 45 start/end frame 45 Set rest pose hierarchy 305 joints 306 pose 306 SGI Movie/QuickTime 110 Shape Center centroids 379 first CV 379 scale pivots 379 ShapeShifter add 0% cluster CVs 380 control name 379 control parameter 379 control range 379 create control geometry 380 create slider geometry 381 limit translate to range 380 slider position 381 Skeleton toggle constraints 266 toggle IK handle 266 toggle type 265 Toggle Constraint toggle type 329 Toggle Constraints 329 Toggle IK Handle Toggle Type 297 Toggle IK Handles 297 Turntable 30 Orientation Add IK Handle Options 288 local 288 world 288 orientation Constraint Type 322 Goal Type 289 IK Handle info 255 position IK handles 255 orientation constraint Create constraint 311 orientation constraints using 318 oscillate New cycles warp 431 oscillate before/after ActionTools 169 Out Tangent 60 out tangents Pick menu 159 output filename extensions by 91 Play Blast 90 start 91 output video animation options 88 overlapping IK handles 256 Overlay skeleton 267 options 270 copy IK handles 271 copy joints 271 copy pivots 270 time offset 271 overwrite names Import - Anim 130
P	padding, adding to file extension names 100 padlock Action Lister 145 Param control... Local Parameter window 22 using 28 apply 24 param filter Action Lister 141 parameter curve action Action Timeview 147 parameter curve actions 7 parameter curves Expressions 131 parameters animation options 86 Copy keyframes 64 Cut keyframes 67 Del channels 203 Del static actions 206 Duplicate channel 200 examples Expressions 178 Export - Anim 123 FlipBook advanced options 103 background sequencer 103 book list 97 compression options 101 compression view 103 control panel 96 keyframe buttons 107 Keyframe Lister 106 load options 100 options 99 sprite animation 104 sprite path editor 104 global 19 Import - Anim 127 local 21 New cycles warp 431 New time warp 426 Paste keyframes 72 Play Blast 82 referring to Expressions 175 Save Anim 123 Set keyframe 59 SGI Movie/QuickTime application 110 input frame range 112 movie options 111 spline IK 260 params New scale warp 434 partial below hierarchy depth 398 Participating Objects Run dynamics 341 particle % Simulation Options 339 particle collision Collision Types 346 passive objects Edit set Run dynamics 344 paste Edit menu 150 paste instance Edit menu 152 Paste keyframes 70 options 72 end frame 73 frame range 73 gap 73 integer 73 parameters 72 paste method 73 range fit 73 repeat 73 start frame 73 paste method Paste keyframes 73 paste segment (offset) Edit menu 151 paste to frame New cycles warp 432 pasting animation keyframes 70 skeletal 267 attributes skeletal 267 keyframes 70 path animating Set motion 37 animating along 32 run menu 217 pause repeat sound options 84 percentage percentage effect parameters 398 percentage effect parameters Deformation Control Window 387 interpolation 387 exponential 387 linear 387 sine 387 min/max/ percentage 388 percentage 398 using axis frame type 388 curve frame type 393 percentages animating clusters 56 clusters 362 changing 362 effect types 362 perspective animating cameras 56 cameras animating 56 Pick Action Window 13 Pick IK handle 293 using 293 Pick menu Action Window 158 any 158 any tangents 159 Cluster editor 366 curves 159 in tangents 159 keyframes 158 nothing 158 out tangents 159 template 159 picked ListMode 277 picking box in Action Window 13 clusters 358 IK handles 293 pick-in-modeler Cluster editor 361 picklist Set lister auto 416 update Set lister 416 Picklist Updating Set Editor 421 pick-walking keyframes Action Window 160 tangents Action Window 160 pin Skeleton editor lister 273 pin object Action Lister 144 Pivot info Information Window 249 local axis 249 rotate pivot 249 scale pivot 249 pivots animating around it 29 placement Import - Anim 128 plane rotation Control Type 288 control type IK Handle info 250 using 251 plane/pole rotation Control Type 288 control type IK Handle info 250 using 252 Play Blast optimization options 88 options compress 83 quick render 82 sound options 84 zoom factor 82 output filename extensions 90 parameters 82 quality 82 show playblast 82 using 83 Playback using 79 playback creating custom 208 Playback options 81 playing animation 79 plug icon Detail editor 221 point Constraint Type 322 point constraint Create constraint 311 point constraints using 317 pole order IK Handle info 251 polyset vertex animating 53 pos' x/y Keyframe Edit 153 Pose Assume rest pose 308 both 308 rotation 308 translation 308 both 306 Rest Pose Options 306 rotation 306 translation 306 Pose animation 208 options 209 time range 209 pose animation creating keyframe 210 position Goal Type 289 IK Handle info 255 orientation IK handles 255 position type Information Window 262 Position Type Add IK Handle Options 291 position type roll degree 262 root handles position 262 Preferences menu Action Window 173 action window... 173, 174 edit marking menus 173 tgl short expressions 174 tgl update model 173, 174 tgl update model during Xform 173, 174 preview buttons Time Slider 18 preview by character playback options 219 preview options Detail editor 222 frames 223 loops 223 previewing animation lights 54 rendered 92 shaders 54 textures 54 snippets 231
Q	quality parameters Play Blast 82 Play Blast 82 quick render Play Blast 82 QuickTime 109
R	randomize Xform menu 164 range Set motion 45 range fit Paste keyframes 73 record mode character playback options 219 redo Edit menu 153 redo view Views menu 166 Redraw Run IK Options 302 referring to parameters Expressions 175 relate to bulge attributes 403 relate transform bulge attributes 404 relating Expressions shader parameters 183 relationships many-to-many 10 many-to-one 10 remove Edit menu 366 Set Editor 422 remove attributes Frame Control 385 remove members Modify menu 417 rendered animation previewing 92 rendered applications MetaCycle Window 213 repeat animation options 86 Paste keyframes 74 repeating operations Action Window 13 repetitions New cycles warp 432 Replace All 130 Replace Part 130 Expressions 131 Motion Paths 131 Timewarps 131 reset Run Dynamics Control Window 347 Rest pose assume 307 options 305, 307 rest pose 244 defining 305 Skeleton editor spreadsheet 277 restrictions flow 47 retrieve joint IK Import - Anim 130 retrieve method Import - Anim 127 right arm drawing 242 roll degree position type Information Window 262 rolling the chain spline IK 260 root handles information on 261 position type 262 position 262 spline IK 259 root joints 244 rotate pivot Pivot info Information Window 249 rotation Pose 306 Assume rest pose 308 rotation tol Compensation 304 Simplify 302 Run dynamics 336 choosing objects 342 Control Window options run 347 Edit menu 342 editing sets 342 options 337 animation options 340 collision types 345 frame control 338 participating objects 341 simulation options 339 simulation options, torque 349 using grouping menus 342 window 347 Run Dynamics Control Window 347 Run IK 299 bake 244 multi-chain solvers 257 options 300 by frames 301 compensation 303 detection only 304 disable multi IK 302 disable single/spline IK 302 frame range 301 redraw 302 sample rate 301 simplify 302 Skeletons 300 with single/spline IK 302 unique 244 using 299 run menu all 217 options 217 path 217 running dynamics simulations 336
S	sample by Animation Options 340 character playback options 219 flow Set motion 45 Sample Rate Run IK Options 301 Save Anim options 123 all 125 data per frame 124 hierarchy 123 option window 125 parameters 123 save joint IK 124 store 123 time range 124 save joint IK Export - Anim 124 Save Anim 124 save particles Simulation Options 339 saved animation importing 126 SBD joint node cluster percentages 364 leaf node cluster percentages 364 scale factor bulge attributes 403 scale pivot Pivot info Information Window 249 scale pivots Shape Center 379 ShapeShifter 377 scale time Xform menu 163 scale value Xform menu 163 scaling timing time warp 433 scene animating views 32 Scene Info 191 options anim 193 clusters 191 geometry 195 IK 192 sets 192 SDL files animation 116 section editor Deformation Control Window 406 section placements bulge attributes 403 Select Anim Stats 190 Set lister 416 selected Model Pick 281 selecting Action Lister 143 in the Skeleton editor 282 set attributes Frame Control 384 Set Editor buttons add 421 remove 422 editing sets 420 picklist updating 421 set name 421 set type 421 window 420 Set key shape 370 examples 372 options interpolation 378 using 372 Set keyframe 52 options frame 60 hierarchy 59 parameters 59 Set keyframe Options 58 Set lister editing sets 418 menus list 417 modify 417 options 419 mode 419 picklist auto 416 update 416 select 416 Set motion 37 options 43 bank in/out 44 camera up 44 flow 45 flow slices 46 follow 44 maximum bank 44 motion path 43 range 45 sample by 45 start/end frame 45 Set Name Set Editor 421 Set Rest Pose Add IK Handle Options 288 Set rest pose 305 options 305 hierarchy 305 joints 306 pose 306 Set Type exclusive 421 multi 421 Set Editor 421 Sets 414 creating 414 editing 414 Scene Info 192 sets creating 412 deleting 412 editing active objects 344 force objects 344 passive objects 344 Run dynamics 342 Set Editor 420 Set lister 418 show particles 345 simulation sets 343 setting joint information 272 keyframes 52 automatically setting 75 SGI Movie/QuickTime 109 options 110 parameters application 110 input frame range 112 movie options 111 shader animating 27 shader parameters Expressions relating 183 shaders animating 53 shading parameters global settings 20 Shading Parameters Global settings 20 Shape Center 379 options centroids 379 first CV 379 scale pivots 379 ShapeShift Interpolation 379 ShapeShifter 370 centroids 377 creating 374 CVs 377 examples 375 hierarchy interpolations 377 options 379 add 0% cluster CVs 380 control name 379 control parameter 379 control range 379 create control geometry 380 create slider geometry 381 limit translate to range 380 slider position 381 scale pivots 377 shared joint IK type icons 274 shearing effects creating 397 Show D.O.F. all 280 used 280 show instance Edit menu 152 show particles Edit set Run dynamics 345 show playblast parameters Play Blast 82 Play Blast 82 Simplify rotation tol 302 Run IK Options 302 translation tol 302 simplify Animation Options 340 CurveTools 157 simplify results character playback options 219 Simulation Options frames/second 339 particle % 339 save particles 339 use torque 339 simulation options torque 349 simulation sets Edit set Run dynamics 343 sine interpolation percentage effect parameters 387 single chain solvers 244 single cluster effect range 392 single-chain complex 252 Solver 286 using 247 single-chain display Toggle Type 298 single-chain options Add IK Handle Options 287 Control Type 287 Skeleton 265 options 265 toggle constraints 266 toggle IK handle 266 toggle type 265 using 267 skeleton defining rest pose 305 drawing head 241 spine 241 ListMode 277 rest pose defining 305 Skeleton editor 272 buttons List Type 280 ListMode 277 Model Pick 281 Show D.O.F. 280 editing globally 282 selecting 282 spreadsheet 274 minimum/maximum 276 rest pose 277 stiffness percentage 277 use joint 275 use limits 275 window 272 skeleton editor using 264 Skeleton editor lister 272 icons 272 IK type 273 joint expansion 273 joint node 272 pin 273 IK type multi-chain 274 shared joint 274 single-chain 274 Skeletons active 300 all 300 Run IK Options 300 skeletons adding IK handles 284 animating 54 by IK 54 multi-chain IK handles 299 deformation 397 display 239 drawing left arm 243 left leg 240 right arm 242 right leg 240 end effectors 245 IK handles 245 matching topology 269 rest pose 307 definition 244 root joints 244 terms joint nodes 238 skeletons 238 toggling off 265 on 265 slider position ShapeShifter 381 slow tangents 61 slow seg in TangentType 172 slow seg out TangentType 172 slow-in/fast-out Twist Type 291 smooth tangents 60 TangentTypes 171 Snap Curve To Root Add IK Handles Options 291 snippet new menu 216 snippet detail icon 221 snippet options Detail editor 222 snippets converting transitions 232 creating 228 editing 231 MetaCycle Window 212 previewing 231 testing 232 transitions 223 using 220 Solver Add IK Handle Options 286 multi-handle 286 single-chain 286 single-chain options 287 spline-handle 287 solvers multi-chain 254 Run IK 257 single chain 244 spline-handle 257 Sort By Anim Stats 189 sound editor sound options 84 sound offset sound options 84 sound on sound options 84 sound options audio control 84 pause repeat 84 Play Blast 84 sound editor 84 sound offset 84 sound on 84 soundfile 84 synch rate 84 synch to playback 84 soundfile sound options 84 source frame Detail editor 225 starting frames 225 tangent in 226 transition type 225 spacing Import - Anim 130 spine drawing 241 spine chain creating simple 240 spline handle IK type icons 274 options 291 spline handles using 261 tips 285 spline IK arc lengths 260 master handles 259 parameters 260 rolling the chain 260 root handles 259 twisting the chain 260 spline-handle Solver 287 spline-handle solvers 257 master handles 259 root handles 259 split Edit menu 366 spreadsheet Skeleton editor 274 sprite animation FlipBook 104 sprite path editor FlipBook 104 stage options Detail editor 218 use characters in 218 start Play Blast output filename extensions 91 start frame Autofly 35 Copy keyframe 65 Cut keyframes 69 Frame Control 338 Paste keyframes 74 start frame/end frame New scale warp 435 start icon Detail editor 221 start recording at character playback options 218 Start/End Time Slider 16 start/end frame Set motion 45 starting frames source frame 225 static animation deleting 205 stats Anim 188 step tangents 62 TangentType 172 steps/frame Frame Control 338 stiffness percentage Skeleton editor spreadsheet 277 store Export - Anim 123 Save Anim 123 switching to Pick Action Window 13 synch rate sound options 84 synch to playback sound options 84
T	tabs MetaCycle Window 214 tan' in/out Keyframe Edit 153 tan' type Keyframe Edit 155 tangent in source frame 226 tangent lock Keyframe Edit 154 tangent out destination frame 227 tangents Action Window types 170 deleting flat 205 in 60 in/out 61 linear 60 moving Action Window 161 out 60 pick-walking 160 slow 61 smooth 60 step 62 TangentType Action Window 170 fast seg in 172 fast seg out 172 fixed 173 flat 172 in/out 172 slow seg in 172 slow seg out 172 step 172 TangentTypes linear seg in 171 linear seg out 171 smooth 171 tapering Y axis 390 target curve master handle info Information Window 263 target data character detail editor 215 defining transitions 233 Detail editor 227 template Pick menu 159 terminology IK 244 testing snippets 232 textures animating 53 tgl curve names DispTools 167 tgl infinity DispTools 167 tgl keyframe lock CurveTools 158 tgl keyframes DispTools 167 tgl result curves DispTools 167 tgl short expressions Preferences menu 174 tgl sound graph DispTools 167 tgl stats DispTools 167 tgl tangents DispTools 167 tgl template DispTools 166 Tgl time slider 15 tgl update model Preferences menu 173, 174 tgl update model during Xform Preferences menu 173, 174 The 360 time animating 57 time offset Duplicate channels 201 time range Export - Anim 124 New scale warp 435 New time warp 427 Pose animation 209 Save Anim 124 Time Scale options 433 time scale New scale warp 435 Time Slider 15 by 17 fps 17 Min/Max 16 preview buttons 18 Start/End 16 toggling 15 time warp 424 applying 426 cycling animation 429 scaling timing 433 timeview 147 Action Window 143 timeview summary bars Action Timeview 147 timewarps animation examples 424 applying 425 channels 424 curves 424 cycles 9 timing scaling time warp 433 timing curves filter control Action Lister 142 Toggle Constraint options toggle type 329 Toggle Constraints options 329 toggle constraints Skeleton 266 Toggle IK Handle options Toggle Type 297 toggle IK handle Skeleton 266 Toggle IK Handles options 297 Toggle Skeleton see Skeleton 265 Toggle Type all windows 297, 329 current window 298, 329 single-chain display 298 Toggle Constraint 329 Toggle IK Handle 297 toggle type Skeleton 265 toggling constraints 329 display Time Slider 15 display off skeletons 265 display on skeletons 265 global Param control... 24 IK handles off 297 on 297 time slider 15 tolerance Animation Options 341 topology matching skeleton 269 torque 349 track Views menu 165 Transform info Information Window 249 transform range bulge attributes 404 transformations multi-cluster 364 transforming clusters 389 transition animation retrieved and existing 130 new menu 216 transition type destination frame 227 source frame 225 transitions converting snippets 232 creating 230 defining target data 233 Detail editor 224 editing 232 MetaCycle Window 212 options length 224 name 224 snippets 223 translate Transform info Information Window 249 translation Control Type 288 Pose 306 Assume rest pose 308 translation only control type IK Handle info 250 translation tol Compensation 304 Simplify 302 translation/rotation/scaling Duplicate channels 199 troubleshooting cannot import animation without HIERARCHY section 116 turning off display constraints 329 turning on display constraints 329 Turntable 29 twist master handle info 263 Twist Root Add IK handle Options 291 twist root master handle info Information Window 263 Twist Type Add IK Handle Options 291 ease-in/out 291 fast-in/slow-out 291 slow-in/fast-out 291 Twist type linear 291 twist type master handle info Information Window 263 twisting Y axis 389 twisting the chain spline IK 260
U	undo Edit menu 153 undo view Views menu 166 unique Run IK 244 universal time animating 57 unlocked Cluster editor 361 up vector camera 32 update picklist Set lister 416 upper bound joint attributes 402 use characters in stage options 218 use joint Skeleton editor spreadsheet 275 use limits Skeleton editor spreadsheet 275 use mass/ density Collision Types 347 use result CurveTools 156 use torque Simulation Options 339 used Joints 306 Assume rest pose 308 Show D.O.F. 280 using aim constraints 319 Anim Stats 188 apply Param control... 24 bones 239 clusters 356 Constrain to 316 Create constraint 310 Del constraints 330 Expressions 175 FlipBook Editor 92 flow slices 46 grouping menus Run dynamics 342 IK handles multi-chain 255 single-chain 247 keyframe buttons 107 Keyframe Lister 106 Keyframe Stats 155 MetaCycle 219 motion path bank 38 follow 38 multi-chain IK handles 255 New selection handle 368 orientation constraints 318 Param 28 Param control... 28 percentage effect parameters axis frame type 388 curve frame type 393 Pick IK handle 293 plane rotation 251 plane/pole rotation 252 Play Blast 83 Playback in Multi-lister 79 point constraints 317 Run IK 299 Scene Info window 191 Set key shape 370 Sets 414 single-chain 247 Skeleton 267 skeleton editor 264 snippets 220 spline handles tips 285 Y axis tapering 390 twisting 389 UV Constraint Target 321
V	view camera 32 View frame 77 viewing animation frames 77 animation with Playback 79 Views menu Action Window 164 dolly 165 look at 164 redo view 166 track 165 undo view 166 visibility cameras motion path 42 filter control Action Lister 142
W	walking though a scene 32 walkthrough 32 weight Constrain to 323 Create constraint 311 IK Handle info 255 Weight Type Add IK Handle Options 289 Weight Value Add IK Handle Options 289 window Deformation cntrl 383 Expression Control 196 FlipBook Control 95 Local Parameter 22 Run dynamics 347 Set Editor 420 Skeleton editor 272 With Single/Spline IK Run IK Options 302 workspace area MetaCycle Window 220 world Orientation 288
X	Xform menu Action Window 161 move 161 randomize 164 scale time 163 scale value 163 xforming clusters 389
Y	Y axis tapering 390 twisting 389
Z	zero degree section bulge attributes 403 zoom factor Play Blast 82

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