Activating and Deactivating Expressions

 
 
 

You can temporarily deactivate an expression and reactivate it later, as well as animate this condition. When deactivated, the value of the driven parameter remains the same as of the last update (as with deactivated constraints).

TipYou can also use the dopesheet (see Deactivating (Muting) Animation in the Dopesheet) or the expressions spreadsheet query to activate or deactivate an expression.

To activate or deactivate an expression

Do either of the following procedures:

  1. In the explorer, expand the parameter whose expression you want to activate or deactivate so that you see its Expression operator.

  2. Click the Expression operator's icon to open its property editor.

  3. Toggle the Active option to activate/deactivate the expression.

    or

  4. Open the property editor of the parameter that is animated with expressions. An Expression page added to the property editor, which displays the expression so that you can easily activate or deactivate it.