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Curve Editor Toolbars

These toolbars are visible or available the Curve Editor is open, and in general contain controls for editing animation data in the form of function curves.

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Several different Curve Editor layouts are available: Default, Function Curve Layout, Trackbar Layout, and Function Curve Layout (Classic). The standard Function Curve Layout provides a streamlined interface designed for efficient function-curve editing, while the Function Curve Layout (Classic) offers more tools by default in a familiar arrangement.

To change to a different layout or save a custom one, right-click an empty toolbar area and choose Load Layout/Save Layout.

Default Layout

The default layout displays the following toolbars along the top of the Curve Editor:
  • Key Controls
  • Navigation
  • Key Tangents
  • Tangent Actions
  • Key Entry
  • Buffer Curves
  • New Key Tools

Function Curve Layout

The Function Curve Layout is the standard layout appearing by default when you open Track View in Curve Editor mode. It displays the following toolbars along the top and bottom of the editor:
  • Navigation
  • Keys
  • Key Controls
  • New Key
  • Key Selection Tools
  • Tangent Tools
  • Keys Only Tools

Also, the standard layout has Filters Show Hierarchy off by default, while it's on in the classic layout.

Trackbar Layout

The Trackbar Layout displays the following toolbars along the top of the editor:
  • Close
  • Keys
  • Key Tangents
  • Key Stats
  • Navigation

Curve Editor Toolbars: Classic Layout

The Function Curve Layout is the standard layout appearing by default when you open Track View in Curve Editor mode. It displays the following toolbars along the top and bottom of the editor:
  • Keys
  • Key Tangents
  • Curves
  • Biped
  • Name
  • Key Stats
  • Track Selection
  • Navigation
Topics in this section
  • Biped Toolbar
    Tools on the Biped toolbar let you choose which animation curves to display in the Curve Editor. You can toggle between the position and rotation curves, as well as toggle the separate curves representing the X, Y, and Z axes of the current biped selection.
  • Buffer Curves Toolbar
    The Buffer Curves Toolbar provides tools to facilitate change management when moving curves. When a tangent is moved, the original curve is ghosted so you can see its original position.
  • Curves Toolbar
    The Curves toolbar provides controls for managing key selection and editing.
  • Key Controls Toolbar
    The Key Controls toolbar for the Curve Editor contains tools for moving and scaling keys, drawing curves, and inserting keys.
  • Key Entry Toolbar
    The Key Entry toolbar for the Curve Editor contains fields for editing individual keys from the keyboard. It appears by default in the standard Curve Editor, and is similar to the Key Stats toolbar.
  • Key Selection Tools Toolbar
    The Key Selection Tools toolbar includes tools to help you select keys.
  • Key Tangents Toolbar
    The Key Tangents toolbar lets you assign tangency to keys. Tangency controls the smoothness and the speed of motion near the key. For more information about tangents, see Tangent Types.
  • Keys Only Toolbar
    The Keys Only toolbar includes tools to work with keys.
  • Keys Toolbar (Curve Editor)
    The Keys toolbar for the Curve Editor contains tools for filtering tracks and transforming and editing keys.
  • New Keys Toolbar
    The New Keys Toolbar is found in the Curve Editor. It allows you to easily access new tools for working with keys.
  • New Key Tools Toolbar
    The New Key Tools toolbar includes tools to work with keys and tangents.
  • Spacer Toolbar
    The Spacer toolbar is used to add space between other toolbars.
  • Tangent Actions Toolbar
    The Tangent Actions toolbar provides tools for unifying and breaking animation-key tangents.
  • Tangent Tools Toolbar
    The Tangent Tools toolbar includes tools to scale and mirror tangents.
Parent topic: Track View Toolbars
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