Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1820

By default, the command saves all keys from animated tracks for selected objects, including motion derived from constraints. For example, if an object rotates because a LookAt constraint is applied to its Rotation track, then when you save its animation with Include Constraints on, the software generates rotation keys based on the constrained motion. It does not save the actual constraint. If you turn on Segment, you can then set a frame range from which to save animation. 4 Specify a file name and then click Save, or click the + button next to Save to increment the file name and save under the new file name. If the selected objects contain no savable animation, the message "No animation tracks to save" appears. If this happens, create animation to save or change the Save Animation parameters as needed. Next, you load the animation data. 5 Set up or load a new scene and then select any objects that are to receive the loaded animation. NOTE Using this method, you can load animation only to selected objects. Alternatively, you can load animation to specific tracks in Track View; see Hierarchy Right-Click Menu on page 3538. 6 From the File menu, choose Load Animation on page 7077. 7 Find and highlight the XAF file from which to load animation. 8 Click Load Motion. If the objects you're loading animation to are the same as those you saved the animation from, the animation loads and is mapped automatically. If mapping is required, you're given the opportunity to set it up. Or, if you've already set up mapping for the scene and incoming animation data, choose a mapping (XMM) file from the Motion Mapping/Retargeting drop-down list and then click Get Mapping. Otherwise, click Edit Mapping. Clicking Edit Mapping opens the Map Animation dialog on page 7083, which contains three lists: from left to right, Current, Mapped, and Incoming. The Current list shows selected objects in the scene and their animation tracks; the Incoming list shows animation tracks in the XAF file, and the Mapped list shows, for each track in the Current list, the animation track in the Incoming list that will map to it. In certain cases, such as with objects that have the same name, some tracks are mapped automatically and appear in the Mapped column as soon as you open Saving and Loading Animation | 7075