2D and 3D chains 2D motion blur 2D paint    background color, choosing    brush       choosing       cursor    brush offset    brush properties, setting    brush strokes, painting    channel mask    clearing images    cloning    color shape properties, editing    color shapes       Painting with Color Shapes       adding drop shadows       blurring edges    colors, choosing    ellipse tool    elliptical marquee    flood fill tool       Using the Flood Fill Tool       setting properties    foreground color, choosing    freehand accuracy    freehand tool    lasso accuracy    lasso tool    line tool, using    magic wand, setting properties    mark out shapes tool    marquee, hiding    mask, channel    merging    operators       editing       previewing    paint brush tool, using    paint mask    paint menu    paint selection mask    raster    rectangle tool    rectangular marquee tool    shape properties, setting    shapes       animating       deleting       editing       editing points of       muting       selecting       transforming    stencil       about stencil tools (2D paint)       clearing       inverting       modifying    stencil shapes       drawing       editing    stroke shape, editing properties    tool properties, setting    views    workflow 2D textures    about    blending with material    images, picture formats for    tiling 2D Tracking    about    destabilize    errors, managing    match move    motion paths, creating    output rectangle    rendering options    search area       Anatomy of a Tracker       repositioning    stabilize    template       Anatomy of a Tracker       repositioning    template offset    track point       Anatomy of a Tracker       offsetting    trackers       about       activating       positioning 2-point constraints 3D motion blur 3D textures    about    tiling 3D views    Camera view    centering selected elements    customizing grids in    framing objects in    geometry views    memo cams    navigating in    object visibility in    panning    Realtime Shaders display mode    rendering display to file    resetting views in    Spotlight view    tracking in    user    XYZ buttons    zooming 3-point constraints Absolute shape reference mode, about acceleration    computing for an object    quickstretch acceleration limits on rigid bodies access keys Acclaim (ASF and AMC) files action clip effects    about    adding animation to action clips    creating    creating effect variables    custom parameters in effect variables    cycles in (cid)    deleting    expression    math operators and functions in expression    nested    offset effect    timewarps    variables in expressions action clips    about    activating items in       Modifying Action Clips with Clip Effects       Offsetting an Object’s Pose (All Transformations)    adding animation to (clip effects)    adding markers    adding to tracks    additive mixing    aligning sequences    averaged mixing    baking into new sources    bouncing    bridge transition    clip effect expression    clip effects    compound clips    copying    creating    creating new clips from selected objects    cycling    display information    editing data    equalizing (frequencies)    extrapolation    filling the gaps between    finding cycles of animation    freezing into sources    ghosting for overlapped clips    holding frames    infinite time value    linking together with relations    locking    matching    merging static poses into sources    merging to create source    mixing weights    mixing with fcurves on object    modifying values    moving    muting       Modifying Action Clip Values       Working with Clips    namespace    offset effect    Offset Map    offsetting values    pose offset    removing    renaming    scaling    selecting    selecting clips that drive elements       Useful Tools for Actions       Working with Clips    selecting driving objects    selecting objects driven by       Useful Tools for Actions       Useful Tools for Actions       Working with Clips    sources and    splitting    splitting clips based on objects    thumbnail images on    timewarps    timewarps for cycled and bounced clips    transitions between    trimming (cropping)    value-mapping templates for modifying values    weighting action sources    activating and deactivating items in    adding keys to    applying animation from    baking from action clips    caching ICE simulations into    changing paths in scene TOC    clips and    copying between models    copying compound between models    creating    creating library of    deleting    duplicating       Modifying Action Sources       Storing Animation in Action Sources    exporting    expressions    external sources in files    freezing from action clips    importing    importing SOFTIMAGE|3D files    loading presets    making into skills for Behavior    merging clips to create    modifying animation data    modifying constraints in    modifying expressions in    modifying function curves in    modifying in/out points    muting animation in    namespace    original animation in    pasting    plotting animation to    removing item from    renaming    restoring animation    returning fcurves to object    saving in .xsi or .eani files    saving presets    sharing between models    sharing between objects    skeleton poses       Choosing What to Store in an Action       Creating Neutral Poses for Skeletons       Storing a Skeleton Pose in an Action Source    static poses (current values)    storing    viewing    viewing in fcurve editor actions    about    animation icon state    corresponding time in animation editor    creating    elements in explorer    for particle events    namespace    selecting objects animated with    sources and clips    storing animation in    storing function curves and expressions in sources    using with models       Actions       Sharing Actions between Models    with other animation    workflow overview active cameras active viewport, preview render with actors    Behavior    generating a Behavior actor    importing a Biovision actor    importing in dotXSI files    saving in dotXSI files    setting joint limits    terrain (floor) actual shape collision geometry for rigid bodies Add (Bound) (mixer shader) Add Compensate (Blend) (mixer shader) Add Forces compound add manipulation mode, rotating objects Add (mixer shader) additive    animation mixing    mixing for shapes additivity See color burn add-ons    Working with Add-ons    cross-platform adjacent components, selecting    polygon meshes    surfaces age, modifying ICE particle values by age limit, ICE particles age percentage, modifying ICE particle values by AI files, importing AIFC files (Audio Interchange Format Compressed) files AIFF files (Audio Interchange File Format) files air friction See drag albedo map    transferring    Ultimapper, activating in aliasing    controlling (antialiasing)    filtering    jitter    motion blur and    sampling Align on Velocity compound Align Particle to Position compound Align Particles to Surface compound aligning    action clips in sequence    geometric components    objects alpha channels    bump maps and    creating a displacement map with    displaying in FX Viewer    displaying in render region    premultiplying with RGB    splitting from RGB channels Alt key on Linux ambience    and toon shading    scene ambiance ambient channel ambient illumination    about    blending with 2D textures ambient occlusion    about    ambient occlusion shader, connecting    bright color    caching    color at vertices property, storing in    dark color    enabling    environment sampling    global options, setting    output mode    rays    render pass    samples    sampling distance    shader options, setting    spread ambient occlusion map    and caching results       Setting the Global Ambient Occlusion Options       XSI Ambient Occlusion Shader    generating with RenderMap    generating with Ultimapper    transferring with Ultimapper AMC (Acclaim Motion Capture) files anchor (zero) keys in animation layer angles, cone of light angular motion ANI (animation) files, importing as action sources Animate toolbar animating, pivot pose animation    and actions    baking into one source    capturing in viewport (flipbook)    capturing information with devices    character    commands for    copying and pasting    creating curves from       Creating Curves from Other Objects       Setting Objects on Trajectories    cycles of function curves    duplication objects from    editing function curves in fcurve editor    editing in dopesheet    frequencies    high-level    information in scene (info scene)    layers of    levels of in Softimage    local and global transforms    locking    low-level    modifying original in action sources    muting    offsetting    on paths    order of operations    overview    playback range in timeline    playing    plotting    previewing in flipbook    removing    restoring from action sources    reversing       Changing Time Relationships (Timewarps)       Scaling and Offsetting (Retiming) Animation    sample for characters    scaling    sequence, viewing with si3d_flipbook standalone    setting preferences    shape    sharing between scenes       Creating Action Source Presets       Creating External Action Sources    storing in actions    timing    topology operators    transformations    visual cues animation (action) tracks in animation mixer animation construction region animation cues animation editor    displaying    displaying action sources    displaying other editors    dopesheet in    explorer in    expressions in    fcurve editor in    function curves in    playback cursor    scripted operators in    setting preferences for explorer    timeline animation evaluation cycles animation icon    about    actions    expressions    in property editor animation layers    about    animation mixer and    base layer    collapsing layers into base layer    copying fcurves    creating    deleting    duplicating    editing layer fcurves    editing layer keys    ghosting animation in    keying rotations in    muting    removing animation from    renaming    retiming animation in    setting keys in    setting zero (anchor) keys in    soloing    weighting layer clip in mixer    workflow Animation menu in Animation panel animation mixer    about    action clips in    adding shape clips to tracks    adding tracks    additive or normalized weight mixing    animation layer clips in    audio clips in    bridge transition    cache clips    Cardinal transition    clips    compound clips    copying clips    copying information between scenes    corresponding time in animation editor    crossfading between clips    custom folders    displaying    exporting    extrapolating    file cache tracks    file input operators in    for character animation    frame range    framing clips in    ghosting overlapping clips    image clips in    importing    loading plotted cache files    locking clips    markers on clips    matching range to timeline    mixing clips    mixing constraints in    models and    muting and soloing tracks    muting clips    opening for model    panning in    playing clips    preferences    reconnecting after importing    removing clips from tracks    removing tracks    renaming tracks    rippling clips    rotation mixing, Euler and Quaternion    scaling clips    selecting tracks    selection tools    shape animation in    shape clips in    splitting clips    standard transition    timewarps    timewarps for cycled and bounced clips    tracks (animation, shape, and audio)    transitions between clips    trimming clips    updating    view options    zooming Animation panel animation pivot animation trails anisotropic shading model annotating objects antialiasing    and motion blur    and toon ink lines    diagnostic rendering mode    for hair    tips & tricks APIs (application programming interfaces) application data paths    installation (factory)       Custom File Locations       Where Files Get Stored    user       Custom File Locations       Where Files Get Stored    workgroup       Custom File Locations       Where Files Get Stored applying    animation from action source    shape keys approximation    geometry       About Subdivision Surfaces       Geometry Approximation on NURBS       Useful Tools for Modeling       Viewing and Rendering Polygon Meshes    object surface arc rotation archives area lights    3D manipulators    about    manipulators    soft shadows with    switching on and off    toggling off    transforming arguments (in scripting)    omitting    passing in batch scripts    specifying while creating custom commands    using the -args switch for batch scripting articulated chains    converting (SOFTIMAGE 3D) ASF (Acclaim Skeleton) files aspect ratio, setting assemblies assembling surface meshes Assembly language asset description language associate light attenuating hair length attraction force    ICE particles to a null    ICE particles to a point in space    ICE particles to an object    ICE particles to each other attractors    force for simulation (magnet)    goals for particles Attribute Color shader, using particle color in render tree attribute shaders (ICE) attributes    displaying attribute values    displaying object attributes    getting and setting ICE particle    transferring and merging audio    capturing with animation    deleting sources and clips    displaying waveform on clip    enabling in preferences    exporting with flipbook images    frame rate    in animation mixer    looping    muting    output monitor    quick loop mode for playback    sampling rate    scrubbing    supported file formats    synchronizing with animation while scrubbing    tracks in animation mixer    trimming in and out frames    viewing waveforms in fcurve editor audio clips    adding markers    creating    linking together with relations    locking    marking    moving    muting    namespace    offsetting start frame    playing    removing    renaming    selecting    synchronizing with animation audio sources, namespace auto button (autokeying) autokeying    as default mode    setting keyframes automatically automatic discontinuity Automatic Envelope Assignment property    Assigning Envelopes to Deformers    Assigning Envelopes to Deformers auxiliary data    about    defining    loading AVI (Audio Video Interleave) files AVI files, creating from rendered sequences avoidance, between particles avoiding obstacles, ICE particles axes    specifying for manipulation       About Component Manipulation       Transformation Basics    XYZ backed-up scenes, restoring backgrounds    environment mapping    rotoscopy baking    action clips into sources    rigid body simulations baking animation, see plotting ball and socket constraint for rigid bodies barycentric coordinates for hair base layer (animation layers) base shape, modifying in shape manager batch rendering    about    command-line options    options batch scripts    about    preparing scripts    running    setting environment    specifying arguments    specifying procedures beauty pass    The Beauty Pass    What Is a Render Pass? Behavior Export tool    about    actors    collision spheres    floors (terrain actors)    generating an actor    home (default) pose for character    importing a Biovision actor    importing an actor in a dotXSI file    initializing the character    loopable skills    making skills from actions    opening toolbar    overview of workflow    render setup    RTKNode property    saving the actor in a dotXSI file    setting joint limits    setting up character hierarchy    tagging COG node    tagging foot node    visibility of node in Behavior viewer behavior states, ICE particles belly control in character rigs bend deformation bend resistance for cloth Bend Strands compound bending, ICE particle strands beveling    polygon mesh components    text    when converting curves billboard (2D) shader for particles billboards, ICE particles binormals    about    applying binormal property    exporting (collada)    exporting (dotXSI) Biovision (BVH) files    importing    importing actor for Behavior    retargeting to rig biped tags, matching actions clips bipeds    control set    creating dog leg rig from guide    creating rig from guide    foot roll    hierarchy setups    predefined rigs    proportional guide for dog leg rigs    proportional guide for rigs    roll division    shadow rigs birail bitmaps, on tray switcher buttons blending    between forward and inverse kinematics on a chain    clips weights in animation mixer    constraints with each other or animation    curves    effector and bone orientation    linking effector orientation with chain's FK/IK blend    material and 2D textures    polygon meshes    surfaces    texture layers blending materials and textures, imported from SOFTIMAGE|3D blending modes, texture layers Blinn shading model blob shader (3D) for particles blobs, ICE particles blocking out a rough animation blur    static for particles body    designing with predefined model    pre-built models bones    about    adding to chain    aligning root with first bone's orientation    blending with effector's orientation    changing axis alignment    changing size    creating spines    inheriting the scaling    keying rotation for all    resetting angle (preferred rotation)    resetting preferred rotation    resizing    rolling in an IK chain    rotating in order    shadows boning Boolean    operations on polygon meshes    operators in expressions    parameters in dopesheet       Deactivating (Muting) Animation in the Dopesheet       Deactivating (Muting) Animation in the Dopesheet Bounce Off Surface compound bouncing    clips in animation mixer    file input operators    ICE particles    using the cycle ID in action clip values boundaries    about       About Surfaces       Components       Components    polygon meshes       Inverting Polygons and Polygon Meshes       Polygon Meshes    selecting    snapping boundary flags    curves    surfaces bounding box display type bounding boxes, moving center to bounding plane constraint bounding shapes for rigid body collisions bounding volume constraint bounding volumes in envelopes    about    associating    combining    creating    dissociating    exclusive    inclusive    limit    types bounding-box manipulators bracketing parameters branch deformations branch selection    About Selection    Selecting Objects in a Hierarchy    Useful Tools for Modeling branches    in hierarchies    selecting in hierarchies break tangent (fcurves) breaking chains bridge transition in animation mixer bridging    edges    polygons Brownian noise for particles browsers    accessing a network    accessing files in    opening    path controls    setting favorites in    viewing files in    viewing folders in brush properties    Making Creases and Spikes    Modifying Envelope Weights    Modifying Envelope Weights    Push Paint    Weight Maps    symmetry brushing, points brushing hair See styling hair brushing hair BSP, using older acceleration method for mental ray BSP tree, for hair BSP2 acceleration method bulge deformation bump maps    2D textures and    about    adding maps    alpha channel    applying without a surface image    bump factor    bump map generator    bump scale    computing using separate projection    creating    scaled objects and    troubleshooting    using normal maps buttons, in tray switchers BVH (Biovision) files    importing Biovision actor for Behavior    retargeting to rig BVRN (Behavior render setup) files Bézier knots    Drawing and Manipulating Curves    Drawing and Manipulating Curves    adding to curves    drawing curves    removing C0 continuity C2 continuity C3D mocap data files, retargeting to rig Cache on File node caching    cache clips in the mixer    creating cycles to cache    default paths for cache files    file cache tracks in the mixer    file formats    hair files for playback    ICE simulations    ICE simulations with ICE attributes    loading plotted cache files into the animation mixer    plotting animation or simulation into files    PTP files for particle playback       Creating a Particle Simulation       Playing Particle-based Simulations    rigid body simulations    simulation of spring operator cage deformations Camera view cameras    about    active camera    and object render archives    animating    aspect ratio of    camera object    centering selected elements    combination mode    creating    default    depth of field    direction    distance to    dollying with    driving with    field of view    flying with       Navigating in 3D Views       Navigating in 3D Views    focal length    framing elements with    interest    interest animation    keyframing position    lens offsets    lens shaders, about    lens shaders stack    motion blur    multiple    navigation tool    optimizing    orbiting speed    orbiting with    orthographic    panning speed    perspective    pivoting with    positioning    projection       Types of Texture Projection       applying    projection methods    projection plane settings    redoing moves    render pass    render pass camera    resetting    resetting position    rig    roll, animating    rolling with    root    selecting       Working with Cameras       Working with Cameras    selection filter    setting display options for    shifting the optical center of    shutter speed    switching    synchronizing    telephoto    tips & troubleshooting    types of    undoing moves    viewpoints    views    walking with       Navigating in 3D Views       Navigating in 3D Views    wide angle    zoom speed    zooming with       Navigating in 3D Views       Navigating in 3D Views capturing    animation in viewport    animation information with devices Cardinal transition    between clips in animation mixer    for shape clips Cartesian coordinates, transformations using cartoon effects, toon shaders caster    reflection    refraction    transparency casters    caustics    final gathering    global illumination    shadow Catmull-Clark subdivision caustic    casters, grouping    receivers, grouping caustics    about    adjusting    caster    defining an emitter    diagnostic rendering mode    displaying    filtering    intensity    multiplier    number of photons    optimizing    photon depth    photon reflection    receiver       Creating a Photon Effect       Setting Photon Casting, Receiving and Visibility    refraction    render region    rendering       Photon Effects       Preparing Global Illumination and Caustics for Rendering    tips & troubleshooting    tuning    visibility    workflow CAV See color at vertices Cell Scalar shader (ICE) center of mass, rigid bodies centering selected elements in views centers    about       About Transforming Objects       Geometric Objects       Global and Local Coordinate Systems    animating transformations    moving to bounding box center    moving to vertices    rotations and    scaling and    transforming centripetal parameterization    Parameterization    Parameterization Cg language chains    2D or 3D    about    adding bones to    animating on path    animating with forward kinematics (bone rotation)    animating with inverse kinematics (translating effector)    blending forward and inverse kinematics (FK/IK blending)    bone axis alignment    bones    breaking    changing shape of elements    changing size of elements    controlling orientation    creating    creating from curves    critical zone at root    display of    displaying joint circles    displaying only chain elements    drawing in symmetry    drawing SOFTIMAGE|3D style    duplicating in symmetry (mirroring)    effectors    elements in explorer    forcing IK behavior    in hierarchy (skeleton)    joints    keying rotation for all bones    Kinematic Chain property editor    orientation of effector    parts of    preferred angles of joints    preferred angles when drawing    preferred axis of rotation    preventing flipping    pseudo-roots (pinning joints)    resizing bones    resizing by moving joints    resolution plane    rolling a bone for IK chains (in X)    root    rotation limits for joints    shadows for elements    solving IK behavior    stiffness in joints    storing kinematics in actions    storing poses in actions    subchains    up-vector constraints (up direction)       Constraining the Chain’s Up Vector (Direction)       Constraints and Rigs channels    width for rendering character animation    animating with kinematics    biped dog leg rig    biped rig    blocking out rough    creating custom parameter sets    custom toolbars    models in    motion capture       Motion Capture for Characters       Softimage® Motor (Motion Transformation) for Characters    naming elements    overview of process    predefined body    predefined skeletons and envelopes    quadruped rigs    rigs for controlling movement    rotoscopy    sample animation    skeletons    synoptic views    transform setups    using animation mixer    using layers and groups character designer Character Development Kit for SDK character key selecting character key sets    adding parameters to       Keying with Character Key Sets       Keying with Character Key Sets    creating    creating subcharacter key sets    deleting    in character rigs    overview    removing parameters from    renaming    selecting objects from    setting keys with    setting the current one    storing in actions character mapping, see retargeting animation, tagging character sets, see character key sets checkerboard for texturing Child Transform Compensation children    Hierarchies    Useful Tools for Modeling ChldComp CHM (how to use this guide) chord-length parameterization    Parameterization    Parameterization cid (cycle ID) token for action clips Cineon, lookup table for FX Tree classic scaling cleaning    curves    surfaces    vertices while dissolving cleaning up, polygon meshes clip effects    applying    see action clip effects clip relations clipping, intensity, motion blur and clipping planes    Useful Tools for Modeling    cameras and    optimizing    setting clips    namespaces clone painting (2D paint) cloned parameters See proxy parameters cloning    Duplicating and Cloning Objects    spawning ICE particles closing    curves       Modifying Curves       Open and Closed NURBS    primitives    surfaces       Modifying Surfaces       Open and Closed NURBS cloth simulation    about    choosing geometry    clusters for local effects    collisions with obstacles    creating    elements in explorer    envelopes and    motion blur       Tips for Using Cloth       Tips for Using Soft Body    muting    nailing or pinning areas    natural forces    optimizing performance    playing    precision of (iterations per frame)    removing    resistance to deformation (shear, bend, stretch)    restarting    sample scenes    saving    speed of    spring nets    stiffness    stitching pieces    Syflex clouds    creating particle    explosion    fluid    static particles clumping hair cluster animation cluster center deformation cluster shape combiner    Mixing the Shapes’ Weights    in object's construction region clusters    about    adding components    and shape animation    animating       About Component Manipulation       Manipulating Components and Clusters    centers    changing display order    constraining objects to center    constraining objects to particles    constraining to objects    creating       Clusters       Texture Editor Overview    deforming    deforming particles    display colors    displaying    local materials and textures    local reference frames    locking    moving    namespaces    on cloth    on hair    order of operators and    overlapping       changing display order of          Creating and Assigning Materials          Creating and Assigning Materials       setting default behavior    overlapping materials and textures    overlapping materials on    polygon, hiding    reassigning to envelope deformers locally    reference frames    removing    removing components    rendermapping    reordering    selecting       Clusters       Selecting Components    shape animation on    symmetrizing polygons    transferring and merging    transforming       Manipulating Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters    user data    visibility property on polygons    weighting in shapes CMYK in color editor coagulate force, ICE particles COG mode    for components       About Component Manipulation       About Component Manipulation       About Component Manipulation    rotations       Rotating Objects       Scaling Objects    scaling    snapping    translations COG node in Behavior actor COLLADA files    exporting    importing    importing as referenced models collapsing    animation layers into base layer    hierarchies    operators in the stack    polygon mesh components collision spheres for Behavior actor collisions    acceleration and velocity limits    accuracy for rigid bodies       Setting the Accuracy of Rigid Body Simulations       Setting the Accuracy of Rigid Body Simulations    activating    actual shape    animated deformations on objects    between particles    bounding shapes    convex hull    elasticity and friction    ICE particles    layers for    muting    particle events    rigid body CollisionScale attribute, ICE rigid bodies CollisionShape attribute, ICE rigid bodies CollisionSize attribute, ICE rigid bodies color, ICE particles color at vertices    about    and painting objects    displacement and    ICE trees and    local materials on clusters       Creating Color at Vertices (CAV) Maps       Material Node Property Editor    property       creating       renaming    rendering    transferring and merging    transparency and Color attribute color burn for particles color clipping in image processing color correction    color correct (fx operator)    color correction (shader)    global display preference    image clips (reference) color gradients, shader for ICE particles color management color sampler shader colors    ambient for particle shaders    CMYK    custom color    defining with sliders    editors    envelopes    gradient shader for particles    hair    ICE trees and    models (RGB, HLS, HSV)    particle shader    particles    picker    scene    specular for particle shaders colors at vertices, on polygon clusters combing hair command box command line, running scripts command line panel command logs command-line options    starting Softimage    starting Softimage on Windows commands    Working with Commands    about    adding to toolbars    choosing    custom    for animation    help       Fundamentals of Scripts       Fundamentals of Scripts    levels    logging    menu    MergeScene    redoing    repeating       Accessing Commands and Tools       Using the Command Box    running automatically    typing    undoing       Undoing and Redoing Edits       Working with Commands    where they are logged comments    adding to custom parameter sets    for expressions       Activating and Deactivating Expressions       Editing an Existing Expression    ICE trees and    in VBScript comparing picture files    diffpic standalone    imf_diff standalone       Getting Image File Information       Getting Image File Information compensation, offsets between constrained objects Component > Attach/Detach Volume Deform Component > Mark Hard Edge/Vertex    Making Creases and Spikes    Viewing and Rendering Polygon Meshes Component > Move Point Component > Proportional Component > Proportional Setup Component > Relative Mode Component > Set Edge/Vertex Crease Value    Making Creases and Spikes    Making Creases and Spikes Component > View Plane Pivot Transform Tool Component > View Plane Proportional Transform Tool components    about       Components and Clusters       Components and Clusters    adding to clusters    animating       About Component Manipulation 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   choosing what's updated (update mode)    controls    cursor in animation editor    cursor in timeline    default frame rate    disabling v-synch on graphics cards    frame format    frame rate    ICE simulation modes    in only one viewport    looping animation    optimizing speed in viewports    particle simulation modes    realtime    realtime in flipbooks    recalculating particle simulations    rigid body simulation modes    running scripts automatically on frame change    scrubbing    setting range of frames    setting start and end frames    tracks in the animation mixer Playback menu playblast See flipbooks playing    animation       Playing the Animation       Playing the Animation    clips in animation mixer    flipbooks    hair simulations    particle simulations Plot > Curve plotting    animation into one source    animation or simulation into cache files    curves       Creating Curves from Other Objects       Setting Objects on Trajectories    IK/FK blend on chains 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Mesh > Add Edge Tool Poly. Mesh > Add Polygon Tool    Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components    Creating Polygon Meshes Poly. Mesh > Add Vertex Tool Poly. Mesh > Bevel Components Poly. Mesh > Birail Poly. Mesh > Blend Poly. Mesh > Bridge Boundary Points/Edges    Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components    Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components Poly. Mesh > Bridge Polygons Poly. Mesh > Collapse Component Poly. Mesh > Curve Net Poly. Mesh > Curves to Mesh Poly. Mesh > Delete Component Poly. Mesh > Disconnect Components Poly. Mesh > Duplicate Polygons Poly. Mesh > Duplicate Polygons Along Curve Poly. Mesh > Extract Polygons Poly. Mesh > Extrude Along Axis Poly. Mesh > Extrude Along Curve Poly. Mesh > Extrusion - 2 Profiles Poly. Mesh > Extrusion Along Axis Poly. Mesh > Extrusion Along Curve Poly. Mesh > Filter Edges Poly. Mesh > Filter Polygons Poly. Mesh > Four Sided Poly. Mesh > Inset Polygons Poly. Mesh > Inverse Normals Poly. Mesh > Invert Polygons Poly. 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Weighting Clips       Mixing the Shapes’ Weights    modes for creating    moving    muting    namespace    normalized weighting    removing    renaming       Using the Animation Mixer for Shape Animation       Working with Clips    scaling       Scaling Clips       Using the Animation Mixer for Shape Animation    selecting    splitting    thumbnail images on    timewarps    transitions between    trimming (cropping)       Trimming (Cropping) Clips       Using the Animation Mixer for Shape Animation    weighting shape jitter deformation shape keys    applying selected shape keys    applying to object    copying between objects and models    deleting    displaying phonemes in dopesheet    duplicating    modifying selected key shapes    modulating with weight maps    presets for sharing between models and scenes    reference shape    relational link with selected shapes    renaming    replacing    saving    selecting key shapes    storing    storing for clusters    storing shape sources shape manager    about    animating shapes in    base shape    blending shape weights    clusters    creating shapes in    custom parameter sets    editing shape weight fcurves    groups of shapes    modifying shapes in    renaming shapes    viewing shapes in shape modeling construction mode shape modeling construction region    Creating Shapes in the Shape Modeling Construction Modes    Operator Stack shape shader for particles    Rendering Particle Shapes    falloff (transparency) shape sources, namespace shape tracks in animation mixer shape weight fcurves ShapeInstanceTime attribute shapes    namespace    of particles    sprites for particles shared image clips shared materials, on clusters shared render options shattering hair interpolation shear deformation shear resistance for cloth shearing, scaling    Scaling Objects    classic scaling    plotting animation    scaling orientation shelves    about       The Autodesk Softimage Interface       Toolbars and Shelves    creating and editing    defining tabs    driven tabs    folder tabs    removing    tab display options shifting    curves    surfaces shrinking the selection shrinkwrap    about    along axis    follow vertex normals    projection types    toward center    toward inner object shutter speed, scene motion blur SI_BROWSER_DONT_CHECK_CHILDREN_FOLDERS SI_DBDIR    Editing the Environment Script (setenv.bat and .xsi_7.5)    Environment Variable Reference SI_HAIR_CHUNK_SIZE SI_HELP_PROGRAM_ENV SI_HOME    Editing the Environment Script (setenv.bat and .xsi_7.5)    Environment Variable Reference    Setting Up For Distributed Rendering SI_IMAGE_PATH    Converting Images    Environment Variable Reference    Getting Image File Information SI_LINKTAB_LOCATION    Environment Variable Reference    Setting Up For Distributed Rendering SI_LOCATION SI_TXT_EDITOR_ENV    Environment Variable Reference    Writing Expressions SI_USERHOME SICOREPATH Simulate Particles node    Creating ICE Particle Emissions    The 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Action Source    rigs    sample animation for    setting up    shadows    storing default poses sketching    curves    particles along a stroke skills    animation for Behavior    loopable locomotion skills skin shader skinning skirting ratio for extruding polygon mesh components slave, distributed rendering slicing    polygons Slide on Surface compound slide projector slider constraint    for rigid bodies    offsetting attachment point sliders    Setting Values for Parameters    creating with custom parameters    in property editors    polymorphic    virtual sliding    components    ICE particles on objects slope handles    angle and length    equal length    fixed length (SOFTIMAGE|3D style)    locking    on function curves    selecting    snapping slopes, of function curves smooth operator smoothing    envelope weights       Modifying Envelope Weights       Modifying Envelope Weights    function curves    geometric components snapping    about    activating    boundaries    COG mode    filters    grid size    hair    in the texture editor    incremental    key points on function curves    manipulation modes and    options    slope handles on function curves    targets    tools that use snapshots of function curves for editing snipping surfaces soft body    choosing geometry    collisions with obstacles    combining with envelopes    creating deformation    muting    on animated objects    on clusters    optimizing performance    plotting deformation    presets    removing    sampling to control resolution    stabilizing the deformation    stiffness    with envelopes and other deformations Soft Light (mixer shader) soft material shader Softimage    exiting    interface    starting    start-up options Softimage default selection model    Selecting Components    Selecting Objects Softimage interaction model    Changing Interaction Preferences    The First Time You Start Softimage Softimage scaling Softimage units SOFTIMAGE|3D    drawing chains in style of 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particles spherical constraint See ball and socket constraint spherical texture projection Spin Particles compounds spine deformations    about    modifying weights spines    creating for skeleton    crunching    depth for curve    quaternion rotation    quaternion rotation in rig    rolling    scaling spinning, ICE particles splashing, ICE particles spline, interpolation for function curves splitting    clips in animation mixer       Creating New Clips Based on Driven Objects       Splitting Clips    edges       Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components       Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components    hair interpolation    polygons       Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components       Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components       Dicing Polygons       Knifing and Slicing Polygons splitting factor SPM server, mental ray licenses SPM_HOST    Editing the Environment Script (setenv.bat and .xsi_7.5)    Environment Variable Reference    Setting Up For Distributed Rendering Spotlight view spotlights    3D manipulators    cone angle and spread    setting    view from spread, cone of light spread angle, particle emission Spread from Controller compound spreadsheet    about    animation queries in    annotation query    local materials and textures    navigating in    opening    selecting elements in    simulation queries    sorting    updating display spring constraint    for rigid bodies    offsetting attachment point spring nets for cloth spring operator SpringOp springs    accuracy of simulation    blending simulation with animation    caching simulation    damping    editing curves for dynamic properties    finding the spring operator controls    in rig controls    initial state    mass    muting the simulation    rest state    speed of movements    stiffness    type of spring sprites    for defining particle shape    rendering for ICE particles    shader for particles stack    operator    shader standalone flipbook (flip.exe) standalones    composite    diffpic    flipbook (si3d_flipbook)    getthumb    imf_copy    imf_diff       Getting Image File Information       Getting Image File Information    imf_disp    imf_info    imgconv    imginfo    imgshow    interleave    printver    sequence    setthumb standard transition in animation mixer stand-ins start angles for primitives start frame in timeline starting Softimage    command-line options    on Linux    on Windows State compounds state ID, ICE particles State Machine compound states, ICE particles static actions (poses) static blur, for particles static fcurves, removing animation from static friction static kinestate properties, pose offset static particle clouds    Attaching Objects to Particles    deformations on stepped keys (constant fcurve interpolation) Stick to Surface compound sticking    ICE particles to objects    texture projections sticky key mode stiffness    in chain joints    of hair with dynamics stitching    cloth pieces    curves    surfaces storing    actions    animation in actions    files in projects    shapes in sources (keys) STORMPATH strand multiplier for increasing hair Strand Sin Wave Movement strands of hair, selecting Strauss shading model streaking in texture projection stretch resistance for cloth stretching    hair segments for deformations and styling    quickstretch Stretchy mode for hair structure keys, importing actions styling hair    about    brushing    clumping    combing    copying styles between objects    deformations    freezing    locking points    merging interpolation    operator stack       Progressive Styling by Freezing the Stack       Styling and Animating Guide Hairs    puffing    recombing    resetting    rotating    scaling    setting length    shattering interpolation    splitting interpolation    spreading    straightening    Stretchy mode    styling operators    translating points    unlocking points    with dynamics subchains    creating    pinning joints with pseudo-roots    removing 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subdivisions    curves    local    on surface for rendering    primitives    when extruding polygon mesh components subprojections    applying    contour stretch       Creating Subprojections       selection guidelines    creating    support objects for    transforming in texture editor    transforming in viewports subregion, rendering subsurface scattering, fast subsurfaces    about       About Surface Meshes       Components    selecting subtracting polygon meshes SUMATRAPATH support objects, texture supra keys Surf Mesh > Assemble Surf Mesh > Continuity Manager Surf Mesh > Snap Boundary    Snapping Boundaries    Snapping Boundaries Surf. Mesh > Birail Surf. Mesh > Curve Net Surf. Mesh > Extrusion - 2 Profiles Surf. Mesh > Extrusion Along Axis Surf. Mesh > Extrusion Along Curve Surf. Mesh > Four Sided Surf. Mesh > Loft Surf. Mesh > Revolution Around Axis Surf. Mesh > Revolution Around Curve surface approximation    adjusting an object's    fine    LDA (length/distance/angle)    parametric    setting    subdivisions    view dependency surface attributes, transferring surface color map    Choosing and Configuring Maps to Generate    transferring surface continuity manager surface curves    about       Components       Components    creating    extracting    selecting    using Surface force compound surface location surface meshes    about       About Surface Meshes       Geometric Objects    applying SCM    assembling       Assembling Surface Meshes       Assembling Surface Meshes    creating    for envelopes    holes       About Surface Meshes       Modifying Surface Meshes    junctions       About Surface Meshes       Considerations for Modeling Component Surfaces    local materials and textures       Considerations for Modeling Component Surfaces       Modifying Surface Meshes    multiknots    non-fixing points       About Surface Meshes       Modifying Surface Meshes    snapping boundaries surface position map, generating surface shaders    About Surface Shaders    The Shader Library    about    applying       About Surface Shaders       Creating and Assigning Materials    attaching to hierarchies    deleting    detaching    editing    editing properties    materials and    optimizing    propagating    properties of    property editors    reflectivity, defining    refraction, defining    replacing    simple    transparency, defining    uses for    workflow surface tension, fluids surfaces    about       About Surfaces       Geometric Objects    adding knot curves    birail    blending    boundaries    building    building from curves    cleaning    closing    components    constraining objects to    continuity    converting to polygon meshes    creating multiknots    cubic    curve net    deforming by    deforming components and clusters    degree       About Building from Curves       Building Surfaces       Degree and Continuity    display optimization    extending curves to    extending to curves    extruding (2 profiles)    extruding curves along axis    extruding curves along curves    filleting    fitting    four sided    geometry approximation    hulls    inverting    isolines    knots    linear    lofting    merging    multiknot curves    multiknots    normals    opening    points    removing knot curves    removing multiknots    reparameterizing    revolving curves around axes    revolving curves around curves    selecting U/V rows of points    shifting UV    snipping    stitching    subdivisions    subdivisions when generating    surface curves    swapping UV    transforming components and clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters    trim curves swapping UV sweep See birail, extruding swimming, texture projections switchers see tray switchers Syflex Cloth in Softimage Sym button    About Transforming Objects    Manipulating Components Symmetrically symmetrical manipulation symmetry    about    brush properties    constraint    drawing chains in    drawing curves    duplicating chains in    duplication    manipulating points    mirroring envelope weights    polygons    reference planes and    weight maps symmetry mapping templates symmetry maps    applying    for weight maps    on envelopes synchronizing    audio and animation    audio with animation while scrubbing synoptic properties    about    applying synoptic view editor    about    displaying    options synoptic views    about       About Synoptic Views       Synoptic Views    applying    creating    describing hotspots    displaying    editing    for biped rig    for character animation    for quadruped rigs    images    linking to other views    linking to scripts    navigating    opening files    samples       About Synoptic Views       Synoptic Views    saving files    scripting languages    using syntax conventions, VBScript system locks SYSTEMDRIVE tab-style property editors tag channels, displaying in render region tagging    character parts for retargeting animation    parameters tails    controls in character rigs    tail controls for spring tangency, on curves tangents    about    applying tangent property    editing tangent maps    exporting (collada)    exporting (dotXSI)    normal and tangent maps (Ultimapper)    transferring (Ultimapper) taper deformation target render models for Behavior task size, rendering TCP/IP service protocol, using same port number for distributed rendering tearing UV samples in the texture editor tear-off menus Telnet template, in 2D Tracking templates    connection-mapping for sharing actions    output path templates    value-mapping for actions terrain actor (floor) in Behavior tessellating, converting curves texel coverage map, generating text    about    beveling    converting to curves    creating    exploding into curves    extruding    font attributes    line attributes    textprop 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      Types of Texture Projection       applying    connecting objects to    contour stretch UVs       Types of Texture Projection       applying       polygon selection guidelines       stretching methods.          Applying Texture Projections          Creating Subprojections    cubic       Types of Texture Projection       applying    cylindrical    displaying    explained    fitting to components    freezing       Modifying Texture Projections       Operator Stack    freezing transformations    implicit    lollipop    modifying    muting    name    planar (XY, XZ, YZ)    purely implicit    referencing with tspace_id    renaming    reordering in operator stack    reproject    seams    spatial    spherical    stick    swim    texture operator       Texture Projections and the Operator Stack       repositioning    types of       Creating Texture Supports       Types of Texture Projection    unfolding    unique UVs       Types of Texture Projection       applying       rendermapping 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transformations    rendering       Textures       Textures       Textures    RenderMap    RenderVertex    repeating    saving presets    sequence    shaders       Applying Textures       Applying Textures    support vs.projection    tiling    tips & troubleshooting    using TIFF files as    wrapping this    token in expressions    variable in action clip values this_model, token in expressions three-point constraints threshold, sampling for aliasing thumbnail images    creating for scene, preset, and external model files    extracting from scene, preset, and external model files thumbnail viewer    selecting objects from    using thumbnails    about    assigning to scene elements    creating from render regions    displaying in the render tree    finding    folder in the project structure    image proxies and    managing size of    on clips in animation mixer    relational view    setting for scene elements    thumbnail viewer time    global and local in action clips    global and local in animation mixer    ICE trees and    in scene    infinite value for clips in animation mixer    particle simulations    rigid body simulations Time Control property editor time range time-display format, animation editor timeline    about    in animation editor    keying current values at different frames    keys in    looping playback    mini dopesheet view    playback cursor    range of frames    setting preferences for keys in    start and end frames    time format    viewing audio waveform in timers, ICE particle timewarps    applying to source    for cycled and bounced clips    in animation mixer    in clip effects    removing tips of hair, selecting tokens tool shaders toolbars    about       The Autodesk Softimage Interface       Toolbars and Shelves    adding commands to    adding custom commands    adding presets to    Animate    changing the display    creating    creating and editing    custom    modifying    removing    removing a button tools    activating with shortcut keys    tracking active tools toon shaders    The Shader Library    background color    bas surface color    bulge distortion    fisheye distortion    highlights    ink lines       applying globally       applying locally (per object)       applying to specific objects       blending       compositing (transfer) modes       controlling global color       controlling global spread       controlling local color       controlling local spread       detecting       facet detection       sampling       simulating pressure       tapering       tapering transmitted and reflected       texturing global       texturing local       unblending       varying spread    lens    lens distortion    library of    material    paint       Painting Object Surfaces       Painting Object Surfaces       ambience       highlights       rimlights    painting, base color    reflection depth    reflections, creating    refraction depth    render pass    rendering pass    rimlights    surface color    Toon Host    Toon Mixer    Toon Paint    Toon Paint Ambient    Toon Paint and Host    Toon Paint Highlight    Toon Paint Rimlight    Toon Paint Rounded    trace depth       Creating Transparency and Reflections       tapering    trace depth and raytracing depth    transparency, creating    utility shaders topology topology operators    Operator Stack    Operator Stack    and the operator stack    with shape animation toric force (for simulation) torus, force for simulation track point, in 2D Tracking tracking    3D views, tracking in    objects with render region tracks    in animation mixer    in dopesheet trails    showing particle velocity    spawned ICE particles trails for animated objects trajectories, animation on (path) transferring, clusters and properties Transform > Align Objects Transform > Freeze commands Transform > Ignore Transformation Setups Transform > Kinematics Transform > Match commands Transform > Move Center to Vertices    Center Manipulation    Center Manipulation Transform > Remove Neutral Pose Transform > Reset commands Transform > Set Neutral commands Transform > Transform Components Independently in Local Mode transform groups for parenting Transform panel    About Transforming Objects    editing multiple parameters transform setup    character animation    ignoring       Transform Setup       Transform Setup transformations    Transformation Basics    and object render archives    animating    animating centers    animating hierarchies    area light    axes       About Component Manipulation       Transformation Basics    bounding-box manipulator    branch mode    Cartesian coordinates    center    clusters       Manipulating Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters    COG mode       About Component Manipulation       About Component Manipulation       About Component Manipulation    components       Manipulating Components and Clusters       Transforming Components about the Mouse Pointer       Transforming Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters       Using the Tweak Component Tool    edges    editing multiple parameters numerically    envelopes    freezing    global    hidden objects    hierarchies and    ICE trees and    interaction speed    keyframing    kinematics property editor       About Transforming Objects       Tools for Animating Transformations    local    manipulation modes    manipulators       Transformation Basics       Transforming Components and Clusters    marking parameters for    matching    neutral poses    nudging       Nudging Components       Nudging Objects    numerical       Transformation Basics       Transforming Components and Clusters    offsetting in animation mixer    pivot    plotting    points    polygons    preferences    preferred tool    relative to mouse pointer    removing keys    resetting    rotation    scaling    setting the pivot       Transformation Basics       Transforming Components and Clusters    setup    spotlight    storing in actions    symmetrizing polygons    translation    trees    using reference planes    visual cues    waves    when extruding polygon mesh components    while duplicating objects transient reference planes Transition shape key mode transitions    between clips in animation mixer    bridge for action clips    Cardinal    muting    removing    setting automatically    shape clip modes    standard translations    Transformation Basics    Translating Objects    animating    animating chain's effector (inverse kinematics)    clusters    COG mode    components       Transforming Components about the Mouse Pointer       Transforming Components and Clusters       Transforming Components and Clusters       Using the Tweak Component Tool    creating path animation from    editing multiple values numerically    global manipulation mode       About Component Manipulation       Translating Objects    hair    interaction speed    limits    local manipulation mode       About Component Manipulation       About Component Manipulation       Translating Objects    manipulation modes       About Component Manipulation       Translating Objects    manipulator    nudging       Nudging Components       Nudging Objects    numerical    object manipulation mode    par manipulation mode    plane manipulation mode       About Component Manipulation       Translating Objects    plotting (position)    ref manipulation mode       About Component Manipulation       Translating Objects    relative to mouse pointer    setting the pivot       Transformation Basics       Transforming Components and Clusters    snapping multiple objects    view manipulation mode       About Component Manipulation       Translating Objects    with manipulator translucency, hair transparency    about    caster    controlling with textures    falloff for particle shape    hair       Setting the Hair’s Transparency       Using the Geometry Hair Shader    of particles    setting values for    static blur for particles    visibility    visibility options, setting transparency map transparency maps    creating    painting    using alpha tray switchers tree deformations tree selection    About Selection    Useful Tools for Modeling trees    about    selecting in hierarchies triangulating polygon meshes    Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components    Quadrangulating and Triangulating Polygons triangulation, OpenGL triggers, for ICE particle states triggers for particle events trim curves    about       About Surfaces       Components    creating    deleting    extracting    selecting trimming    audio in and out frames    clips in the animation mixer    surfaces with curves tri-wings tspace_id tumbling turbulence    flow for drag force       Drag Property Editor       Types of Forces    ICE particle strands    modifying ICE particle values    on ICE particles speed turbulence force Turbulize Around Value compound Turbulize Color Using Gradient compound Turbulize Emitter Value compound Turbulize Particle Velocity compound Turbulize Strands compound Turbulize Value by Range compound turbulizing    ICE particle strands    ICE particle values tweak component tool twist deformation Twist Strands compound twisting, ICE particle strands two-point constraints type, finding elements by UIWidget variable (.cgfx files) Ultimapper    about    ambient occlusion options    editing tangents    maps    previewing results    using umbra, soft shadows undoing, camera moves undoing changes, number of levels unfolding texture projections unhiding    objects    polygons uni manipulation mode    scaling components    scaling objects uniform parameterization    Parameterization    Parameterization union of polygon meshes unique UVs texture projection units, Softimage unlocking, points on hair Unstick from Surface compound up vectors    constraints for chains       Constraining the Chain’s Up Vector (Direction)       Constraints and Rigs    constraints for objects    controlling flipping with path animation    removing constraints UpdateContext user application data path    Custom File Locations    Where Files Get Stored user data    about    creating a data maps    creating a template    exporting    importing    on particles    setting map values user keywords    finding elements by user locks user tools, editing configuration files user-defined normals USERNAME UV    meshes, stamping    swapping    texture projection UV basis maps, generating UV coordinates    about    texture editor, displaying in UV position boxes, in texture editor UV texture coordinates    generating automatically    transferring and merging valid polygon meshes value-map expressions in action clips (clip effect expression) value-mapping templates, for action clips variables    declaring in scripts    global    scripted operators       About Scripted Operators       Variables variance, particles VBScript    about    comments    syntax conventions    with scripted operators vector, aligning ICE particles along vector paint    about    brush strokes in    flood fill    line tool in    magic wand    mask shapes operator    operator    operators, locating in the explorer    paint mask and    stroke shape, editing properties vector shaders, for particles velocity    computing for an object    of particles    quickstretch    see also speed velocity limits on rigid bodies verbosity, in render messages versioning, scenes saved with    Displaying Scene Information    Getting Scene Version Information vertex bleeding vertex colors    Working with Vertex Colors    See color at vertices vertex shader input semantics (effects shaders) vertical sync    about    displaying    setting View manipulation mode    displaying local or global coordinates    rotating components    rotating objects    translating components    translating objects view plane pivot transform tool    Transforming Components about the Mouse Pointer    Transforming Objects about the Mouse Pointer viewing    animation sequences (si3d_flipbook standalone)    constraint information    critical zone for chain root    display-only gamma correction    expression information    filtering chain elements    flipbooks    joint circles    joint stiffness    options in animation mixer    path information    rotation limits    rotoscoped images    sequences with scripts (sequences standalone)    shadows for chains    x-ray view of chains with envelopes viewpoint buttons viewpoints    about    synchronizing with cameras viewports    Working with Views    capturing animation (flipbook) in    changing views in    disabling v-synch on graphics cards for faster playback    displaying frame number in    displaying frame rate in    displaying properties    layout of    letter identifiers of    maximizing    muting and soloing    optimizing playback for animation    playback in only one    property editor docked in    Realtime Shaders display mode    resetting    resizing    restoring    transforming subprojections in views    browser    camera    displaying custom information    docked    explorer    floating    geometry    net view    render tree    schematic    spotlight    spreadsheet    storing (memo cams)    synoptic       About Synoptic Views       Synoptic Views    viewports    XSI explorer virtual sliders for changing parameter values    Displaying Custom and Proxy Parameters in 3D Views    Setting Values for Parameters viscosity, of fluid visibility    about    instances, options for    node in Behavior viewer    options, toggling for objects    parameters, grouping    property for objects    reflection options    refraction options    transparency options visibility options    final gathering    reflection, setting    refraction, setting    shadow casters and receivers    transparency, setting visibility property, on polygon clusters vol manipulation mode    scaling components    scaling objects volume    adding to object    adding to scene volume controls, approximating envelope for rig creation volume deformations volume shaders    about    effects    fog effect    particles volume shading, ICE particles volumic lights, creating vortex deformation vortex (force for simulation) v-sync    about    displaying    setting v-synch, disabling on graphics cards for faster playback walk cycles    cid clip effect    cid (cycle ID) value in action clip    preventing backsliding with plateau fcurve slopes walking, with camera warp, variable for action clips warping, images and sequences warps    time in clip effects    time in clips WAV (Windows waveform) files waves    about    amplitude    applying operator    circular    control objects    displacement direction    falloff    periodicity    planar    profiles    speed    spherical    spread    transforming wavy hair weight, token in action clip values weight editor    Modifying Envelope Weights    Modifying Envelope Weights weight maps    about    changing color    creases in subdivision surfaces    creating    cutting render hairs    defined    deforming with    displaying    envelopes    filtering ICE particle emissions with    freezing    ICE trees and    on curves    on shapes    on subdivision surfaces       Modifying Envelope Weights       Weight Maps    on terrain actor for Behavior    operator stack    painting       Weight Maps       Weight Maps    referenced models and    selecting    spine deformation    symmetry    transferring and merging    using weight paint panel weighting, animation layer clip in mixer weights    custom slider panel for shape clips    envelopes       About Envelopes       Modifying Envelope Weights    mirroring    mixing actions in animation mixer    mixing shapes in animation mixer    operator stack    preset in animation mixer welding    edges    points on polygon meshes       Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components       Filtering Polygon Mesh Components wet hair white hair wiggling, of hair with dynamics wind force, ICE particles wind (force for simulation) Window > Close All Window > Minimize All Window > Restore All window managers windows    setting default size and position    starting Softimage on wireframe    display type    rendering    simplified subdivision wireframe color, setting for scene layers workgroup application data path    Custom File Locations    Where Files Get Stored workgroups    about       Creating and Using Workgroups       Setting a Workgroup    creating    cross-platform    path priority    setting       Creating and Using Workgroups       Softimage Startup Options    using workspace, Softimage wrapping, textures x-ray shading, on envelopes XSI explorer    about    locking    opening    updating XSI_BINDIR XSI_CPU XSI_CPU_OPT XSI_CURVER_HOME XSI_CURVER_VERSION XSI_CUSTOM_BUFFERED_IO XSI_DSPRESETS XSI_EMULATE_OPENGL XSI_EXT XSI_GTK_INIT_ON_STARTUP XSI_HOME XSI_LOG_LOAD_TIME XSI_LOG_LOAD_TIME_FILE .xsi_n.n (Linux environment script), editing environment variables XSI_NO_VSYNC XSI_NOSIGNAL_CATCHING XSI_NOSTD_REDIRECT XSI_OPERATOR_EVALUATION_TRACKING XSI_PLAYER XSI_PLUGINS XSI_PRELOAD_DLLS_LIST XSI_USERHOME XSI_USERROOT    Editing the Environment Script (setenv.bat and .xsi_7.5)    Environment Variable Reference XSIA (asset description language) xsibatch    Batch Scripts    Batch Scripts xsikm files XSIMIXER (animation mixer) files xsipref files xsiprojects files XSISDK_ROOT xsitb files XY    planes    texture projection method XYZ    axes    coordinates XZ    planes    texture projection method yielding (quickstretch) YZ    planes    texture projection method Z-depth, pass Z-depth information for shadow maps zero (anchor) keys in animation layers zeroing out joints (neutral poses) zero-order continuity zooming    cameras, zooming with    in a rotoscoped view    in animation mixer    in dopesheet    in fcurve editor       Zooming, Panning, and Framing in the Fcurve Graph       Zooming, Panning, and Framing in the Fcurve Graph    mouse wheel    on cursor    rectangular    speed, adjusting