Accessing the Axis Menu

You use the Axis menu to position, rotate, scale, and shear an axis. The Object menu provides tabs so that you can see or modify the parameters of the selected axis. For information about selecting objects and navigating the schematic, see Populating Menu Tabs of Selected Objects.

The Axis controls are described as follows.

X Position field

Displays the position of the X axis. Editable.

Y Position field

Displays the position of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Position field

Displays the position of the Z axis. Editable.

Motion Path button

Enable to animate the position of the axis using a spline drawn in the scene. Disable to animate the position of the axis using explicit animation. See Creating a Motion Path.

X Rotation field

Displays the rotation of the X axis. Editable.

Y Rotation field

Displays the rotation of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Rotation field

Displays the rotation of the Z axis. Editable.

X Scale field

Displays the scale of the X axis. Editable.

Y Scale field

Displays the scale of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Scale field

Displays the scale of the Z axis. Editable.

Proportional button

Enable to change the fields proportionally.

X Shear field

Displays the shear of the X axis. Editable.

Y Shear field

Displays the shear of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Shear field

Displays the shear of the Z axis. Editable.

X Centre field

Displays the centre of the X axis. Editable.

Y Centre field

Displays the centre of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Centre field

Displays the centre of the Z axis. Editable.

Stabilizer button

Opens the Stabilizer menu to apply stabilizing data to an axis. See Applying Tracking Data to an Axis.

Stabilizer box

Select Track or Stabilize, then click the Stabilizer button.

Tracking Rotation box

Select whether tracking rotation is On, Off, or Inverted.

Tracking Scale box

Select whether tracking scaling is On, Off, or Inverted.

Autoscale option box

Select whether to autoscale when Position settings are changed relative to the camera (On Position Changes), or when Position, Rotation, Shear, or Centre settings are changed (On All Transforms).

Select:	To:
Off	Not use autoscaling on the image.
On Position Changes	Preserve the projected size of the image by automatically scaling when changing any Position parameters that affect the depth of the image relative to the camera.
On All Transforms	Preserve the projected size of the image by automatically changing Position, Scale, and Centre parameters (when any Position, Rotation, Shear, or Centre parameters are changed).

Parented Camera box

Select which camera is used for the parenting offset when the immediate parent is a stereo camera. Choose left, right, or center camera. Active only when there is exactly one parent that is a stereo camera, or if a look-at connection is attached between the axis and the stereo camera.

Point Axis box

Select which axis is pointed to the attached look-at object. Available only when objects are attached with a Look At connection. See Applying an Axis Look-at Connection.

Motion Blur button

Enable to use a motion blur effect for the selected axis (can only be used once the global Motion Blur is enabled in the Setup menu).

Free Axis button

Enable to ignore transformations from parent axes.

Plane box

Select an orientation for the plane (in Camera view). See Changing the Plane.