The Preferences window includes the Story preference settings.
To access the Story preferences:
- From the MotionBuilder menu bar, select Settings > Preferences.
- In the Preferences window, click the Story preference option.
The Story preference settings display.

Story preferences
The Story preference settings consist of the following:
- Story clip recording settings
- Story Track clip content
- Story Track default height settings
The Story recording settings enable you to load or unload and process clips in the background. You can also choose to leave current clips in place and not record over the current clips, and to crop/clear clips located after the start time. If you choose to record and the clip you are recording overlaps with another clip, the portion of the current clip that is not overlapped by another clip is left on the track.
The Story Tracks default height settings enable you to set the default height for the following track types:
- Folder
- Generic Animation track
- Generic Animation subtracks
- Character Animation track
- Character Animation subtracks
- Camera Animation track
- Character Animation subtracks
- Audio track
- Video track
- Command track
- Constraint track
See the topic Recording Story tracks to memory or disk in the Help.