motionTrailShape

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A motionTrail is a piecewise linear curve drawn a series of points. The motionTrail is not deformable or renderable, but can be used to display the trajectory of a node in time.

motionTrail, snapshot

The following quick index only shows top-level attributes (too many attributes to show them all): activeKeyframeColor (3), beadColor (3), extraKeyframeColor (3), extraKeyframeTimes, frameMarkerColor (3), frameMarkerSize, increment, keyframeColor (3), keyframeFlags, keyframeSize, keyframeTimes, localPosition (3), modifyKeys, pinned, postFrame, preFrame, showExtraKeys, showFrameMarkerFrames, showFrameMarkers, showInBead, showInTangent, showOutBead, showOutTangent, startTime, tangentPoints (3), trailColor (3), trailThickness, transformToMove, xrayDraw

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
transformToMove (tr)	Message	n/a
This attribute is connected to the associated node that we snapshot.
localPosition (lp)	double3
Local offset from the transformToMove's world matrix, from we draw the trail
localPositionX (lpx) distance (double) 0.0cm Local location in X.
localPositionY (lpy) distance (double) 0.0cm Local location in Y.
localPositionZ (lpz) distance (double) 0.0cm Local location in Z.
keyframeTimes (kt)	doubleArray	empty
Stores the list of key times
keyframeFlags (fk)	intArray	empty
Stores a list of flags for each key frame specifying what type it is kMotionTrailNoTangent (0 - editable, no tangents) kMotionTrailTangent (1 - unlocked weighted fixed/spline) kMotionTrailLockedTangent (2 - locked weighted fixed/spline) kMotionTrailBreakdown (2 - breakdown)
extraKeyframeTimes (ekt)	doubleArray	empty
Stores the list of extra (non-translation) key times
trailThickness (tt)	double	1.0
The line width for the motion trail
keyframeSize (ks)	distance (double)	1.0cm
The size of the key frames in pixels
preFrame (bf)	time	0film
The number of frames before the current time to draw the motion trail
postFrame (af)	time	0film
The number of frames before the current time to draw the motion trail
pinned (pd)	bool	1
Whether or not the motion trail is persistent after the selection is done
trailColor (tc)	float3
The color of the trail
trailColorR (tcr) float 0.49 Trail red color value
trailColorG (tcg) float 0.098 Trail green color value
trailColorB (tcb) float 0.125 Trail blue color value
keyframeColor (kc)	float3	1.0, 1.0, 1.0
The color of the keyframe
keyframeColorR (kcr) float 1.0 Keyframe red color value
keyframeColorG (kcg) float 1.0 Keyframe green color value
keyframeColorB (kcb) float 1.0 Keyframe blue color value
activeKeyframeColor (ak)	float3	1.0, 1.0, 0.0
The color of selected keyframes
activeKeyframeColorR (akr) float 1.0 Active keyframe red color value
activeKeyframeColorG (akg) float 1.0 Active keyframe green color value
activeKeyframeColorB (akb) float 0.0 Active keyframe blue color value
beadColor (bc)	float3	1.0, 0.0, 1.0
The color of the bead
beadColorR (bcr) float 1.0 Bead red color value
beadColorG (bcg) float 0.0 Bead green color value
beadColorB (bcb) float 1.0 Bead blue color value
startTime (s)	time	0film
The first time at which the curve is created. We need this in order to use the pre and post frame attributes to limit the drawing of the curve
increment (b)	time	1film
How much time exists between copies of the geometry. We need this in order to use the pre and post frame attributes to limit the drawing of the curve
tangentPoints (tps)	double3
control points for the derived shapes
txValue (txv) distance (double) 0.0cm X value of a tangent point
tyValue (tyv) distance (double) 0.0cm Y value of a tangent point
tzValue (tzv) distance (double) 0.0cm Z value of a tangent point
showInTangent (sit)	bool	0
Show the in tangent handle for the selected point
showOutTangent (sot)	bool	0
Show the out tangent handle for the selected point
showInBead (sib)	bool	0
Toggle the show in bead tool
showOutBead (sob)	bool	0
Toggle the show out bead tool
modifyKeys (mok)	bool	0
Toggle the modify key tool
xrayDraw (xd)	bool	1
Whether or not the motion trail is drawn in xray mode or not
frameMarkerColor (fc)	float3
The color of the frame markers
frameMarkerColorR (fcr) float 0.155 Frame marker red color value
frameMarkerColorG (fcg) float 0.553 Frame marker green color value
frameMarkerColorB (fcb) float 0.111 Frame marker blue color value
showFrameMarkers (sfm)	bool	0
Show the frame markers
showFrameMarkerFrames (sff)	bool	0
Show frame numbers on the frame markers
frameMarkerSize (fs)	distance (double)	1.0cm
The size of the frame markers in pixels
showExtraKeys (sek)	bool	0
Show non-translation keys
extraKeyframeColor (ec)	float3
The color of the extra keyframes
extraKeyframeColorR (ecr) float 0.451 Extra keyframes red color value
extraKeyframeColorG (ecg) float 0.451 Extra keyframes green color value
extraKeyframeColorB (ecb) float 0.451 Extra keyframes blue color value