You can also create custom parameter sets on-the-fly in scripts or plug-ins when you need to prompt users to enter information. See the SDK Guide for more details.
A custom parameter set, also known as a custom property, provides a nice home for custom and proxy parameters, letting you organize them into meaningful groups. For example, you can have one custom parameter set for facial expressions, another for skeleton poses, and so on. In this way, you create your own custom property editor that includes only the parameters you want.
You can create as many custom parameter sets as you like for namable elements in your scenes.
There are several types of custom parameter sets you can create:
• You can create a simple custom parameter set and add parameters to it as described in Simple Custom Parameter Sets.
Simple parameter sets exist only in the scene in which they were created. They are not installed at the application level. You can copy a them to other objects in the same scene, or save a preset to apply them to objects in other scenes, but you have no control over the formatting or logic of the property editor.
Simple custom parameter sets are useful for creating a one-time control system for use in a single scene, or for prototyping a control system for more general use. You can convert them to script-based custom parameter sets later, if you wish.
• You can create a script-based custom parameter set as described in Script-based Custom Parameter Sets. Script-based custom parameter sets are self-installing plug-ins. They give you complete control over the formatting and logic of the property editor.
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The next section describes some features that are common to all types of custom parameter sets.
After you’ve added custom or proxy parameters to a custom parameter set, you can use these parameters in the same way as any other parameter in Softimage.
For example, you can set values with the sliders, save keys, apply expressions, store actions, plot, and so on.
To open a custom parameter set
Do one of the following:
• Click a custom parameter set’s icon in the explorer. A property editor for only that parameter set opens.
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• Select an object and choose Explore > Custom/Proxy Parameter Sets from the main command area. This opens an explorer displaying all custom parameter sets for the object. Click a custom parameter set’s icon to open it.
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• Select the object and choose Create > Parameter > Edit Custom Parameter Sets from the Animate toolbar or choose the same command from the Animation menu in the Animation panel. A property editor opens with pages for each of the object’s custom parameter sets.
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• Select the object, right-click the Selection button on the Select panel, and choose Custom Properties. Again, a property editor opens with pages for each of the object’s custom parameter sets.
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• Select the object and choose Edit > Custom Properties from the Edit panel. A property editor opens with pages for each of the object’s custom parameter sets.
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If you click the focus icon in this property editor, you can leave it open to display the custom parameters for any object you select. 
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