Index of character studio Procedures

Creating a Biped

To delete a biped

To change the biped name upon creation

To change the biped name after creation

To create a Named Selection for the biped center of mass

Loading and Viewing Motion

To save animation you have created or imported to a BIP file

To load biped motion from an existing BIP file

To preview biped motion using the Biped playback stick figure

To preview biped motion using the full biped model

Animating the Biped with Freeform

To use pivots

To make a hand or a foot follow an object

To anchor a hand or foot

Animating the Biped with Footsteps

To create footsteps automatically

To create multiple footsteps

To create footsteps beginning at the current frame

To make the biped walk up or down stairs

To make the biped walk in place

To make the biped walk backward

To prepare for manual footstep creation

To create footsteps manually, beginning at the current frame

To append footsteps onto the existing footsteps

To create footsteps using AutoGrid

To make the biped speed up as it walks

To activate footsteps

To deactivate footsteps

Editing Footsteps

To save footstep data

To move selected footsteps in time

To change the duration of a footstep

To scale keys in time

To prevent keys from changing when active footsteps are edited

To turn off Scale Stride mode

To display footstep tracks

To display footstep keys in Track View

To change the display of numbers of footstep keys

To convert an airborne period to freeform mode

To convert between footsteps and freeform animation

To create a purely freeform animation

To create a freeform animation from a footstep animation

To save footstep data

To copy footsteps to the buffer

To edit the footstep buffer

To splice the footstep buffer

Editing Biped Keys

To use In Place mode to adjust keyframes

To set the balance factor

To set ballistic tension

To set the IK Blend value of a key

To locate vertical center of mass keys

To set a Body Vertical key

To change TCB for a biped arm

To select and rotate multiple links

To rotate all links in the spine, neck, or tail

To change Dynamics Blend for multiple Body Vertical keys

To bend a biped trajectory

To edit keys on the Center of Mass trajectory

To edit biped trajectory keys in a viewport

Motion-Capture Data

To import a motion-capture file

To import a marker file

To use Fit To Existing to import a motion-capture file

To use Convert From Buffer

To compare raw and filtered trajectories

To use Show Buffer

Motion Flow

To create clips in the Motion Flow graph

To create multiple clips in the Motion Flow graph

To create transitions using the From > To or To < From method

To create transitions using Create All Transitions

To optimize transitions in the Motion Flow Graph

To create a Motion Flow script

To save Motion Flow Editor files

To load Motion Flow Editor files

To append Motion Flow Editor files

To manually customize transitions between two clips

To automatically customize transitions between two clips

To create a random script for one biped

To customize transition "weighting" and setting a start clip

Example: To create a unified motion

Example: To share a random motion flow among multiple bipeds

To apply a shared motion flow to a different group of bipeds

To load a Motion Flow scene from another system

Posing the Biped

To link a mechanical character to the biped (without Physique)

To fit biped legs to the skin

To fit the spine to the skin torso

To fit both arms using copy/paste

To pose both arms simultaneously

To create a symmetrical pose by copying one side of the biped to the other

To copy a posture

To paste the posture

To copy a track from one biped to another

To copy the entire pose of a biped

To attach a mesh to a bones hierarchy using Physique

Applying Physique

To attach a mesh to a biped using Physique

To adjust the default envelope shape

To adjust envelopes around the biped's pelvis

To add a bone after you've already used Attach To Node

To troubleshoot bulges and tendons

To select and edit cross sections

To copy an envelope and its settings to a mirrored link (for example, from one thigh to the other)

To copy all Bulge angles from one link to its opposite

To use Select Nearest Bulge Angle

To remove a link's influence on vertices

To check vertex assignments

To remove deformable vertices from a link's influence

To override vertex assignments manually

To make vertices rigid

To have a spline influence a mesh

To apply Physique to an FFD to influence the entire mesh

To use an FFD to complement the effects of Physique on a portion of a character mesh

To make compressible bones (bones with end effectors)

To add a bone after Physique is applied using Reinitialize

To add a bone after Physique is applied using Add (Add Bone)

To optimize skin objects

To reinitialize a scaled mesh

Bulges

To create a new bulge angle using the Bulge Editor

To create a new bulge angle on a selected link

To add a cross section

To change the shape of a cross section

To make a cross section the active cross section

To choose a specific bulge angle for editing

To change a bulge angle value

To select multiple cross sections

To move cross sections along the link

To copy and paste cross sections

To change the Profile view orientation

To delete a bulge angle

To delete a cross section

Links and Tendons

To adjust joint intersection parameters

To create and attach a tendon

To attach a tendon to another link

To delete a tendon

Saving and Reusing Physique Information

To save Physique data

To load Physique data

To merge a skinned biped

To clone a skinned biped

Figure Mode

To work in Figure mode

To adjust the biped center of mass with Rubber Band

To rubber band an arm or leg link

To scale a biped and character mesh together

To save a biped's figure information to a file

To load a biped figure

Layers

To increment all keys using layers (global offset)

To increment an interval of keys with an envelope (blended offset)

To increment an interval of keys without an envelope (nonblended offset)

To use layers to reposition a biped with freeform animation

Props

Example: To animate a biped swinging a prop with one hand

Example: To animate the biped switching the prop to the other hand

To collapse the transforms of a prop

Controllers and Biped

To add a controller to a biped object

To collapse a controller

To add controllers to multiple biped parts at the same time

To animate the weights of an added controller

Miscellaneous

To load a file created with different system units

To hide the finger, toe, and head dummy objects

To change biped display

To select from the screen

To reposition a freeform animation (with no IK attachment) or a footstep animation

To reposition a biped with limbs attached to an Object Space object (IK attachment)

To reposition a biped with limbs attached to world space (IK attachment)

To reposition a biped animated with a motion flow script

To scale a biped that has a mesh attached to it by using Physique

Facial Animation

To isolate lip vertices from influence by inappropriate links

General

To access the Motion Mixer from the Motion panel

To display the Motion Mixer in a viewport

To remove the Motion Mixer from a viewport

To add a biped to the Motion Mixer

To add a non-biped object to the Motion Mixer

To see the motions in the Motion Mixer on the biped in the scene

Loading Clips

To import BIP clips from a file

To import clips from the Reservoir

To import clips from a motion flow script

To replace one clip with another

To replace a clip with motion from a biped in the scene

To clone a clip

Clip Timing

To move a clip in time within a track

To move all clips horizontally on one track

To move a clip to another track

To change the length of a clip without changing its speed

To change the speed of an entire clip

To prepare to warp a clip's time

To warp a clip's time

To add multiple time warps to a clip

Trackgroups

To add a new trackgroup for the biped

To filter and name a trackgroup

To convert a clip track from one type to another

To add a Transition or Layer track to a trackgroup

Transitions

To create a transition between two clips

To change the focus on a foot-based transition with Biped animation

To adjust a weight curve

Biped Balance

To adjust balance using the balance track

To fine-tune balance compensation on the pelvis and spline

Saving Mixer Data

To perform a mixdown and copy it to the biped

To save Motion Mixer data to a MIX file

Reservoir

To access the Reservoir

To add clips to the Reservoir

To replace a clip in the Reservoir

To save an instanced clip to a new clip

To save multiple instanced clips from the Reservoir

To remove clips not used in the Motion Mixer from the Reservoir

General

To display a biped body part curve in the Workbench

To hide or unhide the Tab panel

Workbench Panels

To analyze a curve

To fix an individual error

To fix multiple errors

To remove keys from curves automatically

To filter a track