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, do one of the following:

Animating the Biped with Freeform

To use pivots:

To make a hand or 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 freefrom 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:

To use In Place mode to adjust keyframes:

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 animate 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:

Crowd and Delegate Helpers

To create a Crowd helper object:

To create a Delegate helper object:

To clone and scatter delegates:

To link objects to delegates:

To associate bipeds with delegates:

To edit multiple delegates:

To group delegates into a team:

Behaviors

To create a new behavior assignment:

Example: To use assign behaviors to delegates:

To modify an existing behavior assignment or assignments:

To use the Avoid behavior:

To use the Orientation behavior:

To use the Path Follow behavior:

To use the Repel behavior:

To use the Seek behavior:

To add a Vector Field space warp:

To use a Vector Field space warp with delegates:

To use the Speed Vary behavior:

To use the Surface Arrive behavior:

To use the Surface Follow behavior:

To use the Wall Repel behavior:

To use the Wall Seek behavior:

To use the Wander behavior:

Solving a Crowd Simulation

To solve a simulation:

To speed up the solution time:

To troubleshoot the simulation:

Cognitive Controllers

To set up and use a cognitive controller:

Testing a Modifier Parameter

Testing a Particle System Parameter

Testing an Atmospheric Property

Testing an Object Position

Testing Another Delegate's Behavior

Testing the Distance Between Two Objects

Motion Synthesis

To use Motion Synthesis with non-bipedal creatures:

Procedures: Using Bipeds in a Crowd Simulation

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 spine:

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, do one of the following:

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: