OpenAnimationEditor

Introduced

2.0

Description

Opens the animation editor with the animation view (right-hand side) set to the input view. The animation tree (left-hand side) shows the input object(s) with the input parameters already selected.

Scripting Syntax

OpenAnimationEditor( [AnimationView], [InputObjs] )

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

AnimationView

String

Which animation view to show in the animation editor (for example "FCurve Editor").

Default Value: None - the Animation Editor itself will determine which animation view to show

Possible Values:

• FCurve Editor: FCurve Editor

• Standalone DopeSheet: Standalone DopeSheet

• Expression Editor: Expression Editor

• Scripted Operator Editor: Scripted Operator Editor

InputObjs

String

List of animatable parameters (for example "cone*/.kine.local.pos").

Default Value: Currently marked parameters

Examples

1. VBScript Example

'
'  This example demonstrates how to open the default animation view with 
'  the OpenAnimationEditor command.
'

NewScene , false

' Create an object and set a key on it
set oAnimObj = CreatePrim( "Cone", "MeshSurface" )
Translate oAnimObj, -7.92963227268228, 5.31226706028277, -0.531226706028277, _ 
       siRelative, siView, siObj, siXYZ
SaveKey oAnimObj & "/.kine.local.pos", 1

' Open the Animation Editor with the default animation view (in this case, the FCurve Editor)
OpenAnimationEditor

2. JScript Example

/*
   This example demonstrates how to open the Standalone DopeSheet with the 
   OpenAnimationEditor command and automatically select the position fcurves.
*/

NewScene( null, false );

// Create an object and set a key on it
var oAnimObj = CreatePrim( "Cone", "MeshSurface" );
Translate( oAnimObj, -7.92963227268228, 5.31226706028277, -0.531226706028277,  
       siRelative, siView, siObj, siXYZ );
SaveKey( oAnimObj + "/.kine.local.pos", 1 );

// Open the Animation Editor with the Dopesheet as the animation view and 
// automatically select the position fcurves
OpenAnimationEditor( "Standalone DopeSheet", oAnimObj + "/.kine.local.pos" );

See Also

OpenView

Autodesk Softimage v7.5