clipScheduler

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The clipScheduler node is used to control the sequencing and blending of clips on a character. Clips and blends scheduled on a character can be viewed in the UI using the Trax Editor.

The clipScheduler is connected to a clipLibrary node that contains the source clips that have been defined for the character (source clips can be viewed in the UI using the Visor).

Clips can be instanced any number of times in the scheduler. Clip instances in the scheduler share the same animation curves as the source clip stored by the clipLibrary. Data for the clip's attributes such as start, cycle, enable, weight are controlled by the clip's associated animClip node. Each clip instance has its own unique animClip node.

Related nodes

characterMap, clipLibrary

Attributes (41)

absolute, absoluteRotations, blendClips, blendList, blendList_Hidden, blendList_Inmap, blendList_InmapFrom, blendList_InmapTo, blendList_Outmap, blendList_OutmapFrom, blendList_OutmapTo, blendList_Raw, clip, clipEvaluate, clipFunction, clipFunction_Hidden, clipFunction_Inmap, clipFunction_InmapFrom, clipFunction_InmapTo, clipFunction_Outmap, clipFunction_OutmapFrom, clipFunction_OutmapTo, clipFunction_Raw, clipStatePercentEval, cycle, enable, firstClip, hold, numTracks, postCycle, preCycle, scale, secondClip, sourceEnd, sourceStart, start, startPercent, track, trackState, weight, weightStyle

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
absolute (a)	bool	0
This attribute is obsolete.
absoluteRotations (ar)	bool	0
This attribute is obsolete.
blendClips (bc)	compound	n/a
A compound to store the indicies of the clip involved in the blend.
firstClip (fcl) integer 0 The index for the first clip used by the blend.
secondClip (scl) integer 0 The index for the second clip used by the blend
blendList (bl)	compound	n/a
A list of blends
blendList_Hidden (blh) function NULL For Internal Use Only Function being applied at this attribute with the mappings cached for efficiency
blendList_Raw (blr) function NULL For Internal Use Only Actual function being applied at this attribute
blendList_Inmap (bli) compound n/a For Internal Use Only Mapping of node's function input parameters to function data input parameters blendList_InmapTo (blit) short 0 For Internal Use Only Node's internal function input parameter index blendList_InmapFrom (blif) short 0 For Internal Use Only Function data input parameter index
blendList_Outmap (blo) compound n/a For Internal Use Only Mapping of node's function output parameters to function data output parameters blendList_OutmapTo (blot) short 0 For Internal Use Only Node's internal function output parameter index blendList_OutmapFrom (blof) short 0 For Internal Use Only Function data output parameter index
clip (cl)	Message	n/a
The clip message is connected to the associated clip. Array indices for the clip attribute line up with those for start, sourceStart, sourceEnd, cycle, scale, enabled and track.
clipEvaluate (ce)	function	NULL
The clip evaluate function gets connected to the character that it controls. The character calls the clip function to evaluate the clip.
clipFunction (cf)	compound	n/a
The clip function gets connected to a library that contains the clips being scheduled.
clipFunction_Hidden (cfh) function NULL For Internal Use Only Function being applied at this attribute with the mappings cached for efficiency
clipFunction_Raw (cfr) function NULL For Internal Use Only Actual function being applied at this attribute
clipFunction_Inmap (cfi) compound n/a For Internal Use Only Mapping of node's function input parameters to function data input parameters clipFunction_InmapTo (cfit) short 0 For Internal Use Only Node's internal function input parameter index clipFunction_InmapFrom (cfif) short 0 For Internal Use Only Function data input parameter index
clipFunction_Outmap (cfo) compound n/a For Internal Use Only Mapping of node's function output parameters to function data output parameters clipFunction_OutmapTo (cfot) short 0 For Internal Use Only Node's internal function output parameter index clipFunction_OutmapFrom (cfof) short 0 For Internal Use Only Function data output parameter index
clipStatePercentEval (cspe)	function	NULL
This attribute is used to evaluate individual information about a particular clip at a percentage through the clip. For example, 0.0 is the start of the clip 1.0 is the end.
cycle (cy)	double	1.0
This attribute is obsolete.
enable (ea)	bool	1
whether the clip is enabled
hold (h)	time	0film
Length of time that the clip holds its end value.
numTracks (nt)	short	0
the number of tracks in the scheduler
postCycle (ca)	double	0.0
The postCycle value is used to repeat the clip, in whole or in part, after the end of the basic clip.
preCycle (cb)	double	0.0
The preCycle value is used to repeat the clip, in whole or in part, before the beginning of the basic clip.
scale (sc)	double	1.0
Used to scale the clip
sourceEnd (se)	time	0film
Time when the clip ends on the original animation curves
sourceStart (ss)	time	0film
Time when the clip starts on the original animation curves
start (st)	time	0film
time when the clip starts
startPercent (sp)	double	0.0
This attribute is obsolete.
track (tr)	short	0
track index for the clip
trackState (ts)	short	0
Flag bits for the track state. Current mask values are: 1: when set means that all the clips on the track are locked 2: when set means that all the clips on the track are soloed 4: when set means that all the clips on the track are muted 8: when set means that all the clips on the track are ghosted
weight (w)	double	1.0
The weight of the clip
weightStyle (ws)	enum	0
How the clip weighting is applied. `From Start` indicates that a weight of zero returns the clip to its start frame. `From Zero` indicates that a weight of zero sets the attributes in the clip to zero. `Rotations From Zero` indicates that a rotations are weighted `From Zero` and non-rotations are weighted `From Start`.