The visual feedback of locked transforms on manipulators enables you to quickly identify what is locked or partially locked. This visual feedback is very useful especially if (for example) multiple individuals work on the same character rig and the Technical Director does not want animation to be created to parts of the character.
A locked Translation property displays gray X, Y, Z Translation handles in the Viewport, whether you are in the Global Reference mode (
) or in the Local Reference mode (
).
The following figure displays locked Translation property in the Global Reference mode.
Locked Translation property displays gray X, Y, Z Translation handles
A locked Translation channel or two locked Translation channels display colored dash X, Y, Z Translation handles in the Viewport, whether you are in the Global Reference mode (
) or in the Local Reference mode (
).
The locked Translation (Lcl),y and Translation (Lcl),z channels in the Resources window in the following figure are displayed by a colored dash X, Y, Z Translation handles in the Viewport, in the Global Reference mode.
Locked Y and Z Translation channels display colored dash X, Y, Z Translation handles
A locked Rotation property displays gray X, Y, Z Rotation handles in the Viewport, whether you are in the Global Reference mode (
), the Local Reference mode (
), or the Additive Reference mode (
).
The following figure displays locked Rotation in the Global Reference mode.
Locked X, Y, Z Rotation channels display gray X, Y, Z Rotation handles
The visual feedback in the Viewer window for locked Rotation channels differs depending on the selected Viewer Reference mode (
,
, or
).
If you are in Global Reference mode (
) and a Rotation channel is locked, the X, Y , Z Rotation handles in the Viewer window are colored dash, as shown in the following figure.
The following figure displays locked Rotation in Y axis in the Global Reference mode.
Locked Rotation (Lcl),y channel displays colored dash X, Y, Z Rotation handles
If you are in Local Reference mode (
) and the Rotation (Lcl),y channel or Rotation (Lcl),z channel is locked, the Y and Z Rotation handles are colored dash, as shown in the following figure.
Locked Rotation (Lcl),y channel displays colored dash Y and Z Rotation handles
If you are in Local Reference mode (
) and the Rotation (Lcl),y and Rotation (Lcl),z channels are locked, their Rotation handles are gray, as shown in the following figure.
Locked Rotation (Lcl),y and z channels display gray Y and Z Rotation handles
If you are in Local Reference mode (
) and the Rotation (Lcl),x and Rotation (Lcl),y channels are locked while the Rotation (Lcl),z channel is unlocked, the Rotation handle for the Rotation (Lcl),x channel is gray and the Rotation handles for the Rotation (Lcl),y and Rotation (Lcl),z channels are colored dash.
Locked Rotation (Lcl),x and y channels display gray X Rotation handle and colored dash Y and Z Rotation handles
If you are in Local Reference mode (
) and the Rotation (Lcl),x channel is locked, the X Rotation handle is gray and the Y and Z Rotation handles are colored dash, as shown in the following figure.
Locked Rotation (Lcl),x channel displays a gray X Rotation handle and colored dash Y and Z Rotation handles
If you are in Additive Reference mode (
) and a Rotation channel is locked, the locked Rotation channel displays a gray Rotation handle, as shown in the following figure.
Locked Rotation (Lcl),y channel displays a gray Y Rotation handle
A locked Scaling property displays gray X, Y, Z Scaling handles in the Viewport, whether you are in the Global Reference mode (
), the Local Reference mode (
), or the Additive Reference mode (
).
The following figure displays locked Scaling in the Global Reference mode.
Locked Scaling displays gray X, Y, Z Scaling handles
If you lock a Scaling channel, the Scaling handle in the Viewer window is gray as shown in the following figure, whether you are in the Global Reference mode (
) or in the Local Reference mode (
).
Locked Scaling channel displays a gray Scaling handle