MotionDesigner Reference & User Interface

SEGMENT EDITOR

Segment-Editor icon

METHOD 1: Use the toolbar:

1.Click Blend-Point & Segment toolbar > Start SEGMENT Editor

The Segment-Editor is now open.

MT-Open-Segment-Editor

METHOD 2: Click the Segment

1.Move your mouse pointer to a segment so that a short section of the segment becomes red

2.Click your mouse-button

The Segment Editor is now open.

Previous / Next buttons

	Click to make the Previous-Segment become the Selected-Segment
	Click to make the Next-Segment become the Selected-Segment

	Click to confirm the new motion-values (See also Edit toolbar > Undo)
	Click to open the contextual-help for the Segment-Editor

Parameters relate to the Selected-Segment.

X-axis Values

Segment Start (Read-Only) - the X-axis value at the start of the selected-segment

Segment-Width - See more here

Segment End (Read-Only) - the X-axis value at the end of the selected-segment

Y-axis Values

Summary

MT-SEGMENT-EDITOR-MOTIONVALUES

The SEGMENT Editor edits motion-values - for all motion-derivatives ( P V A J ) - at the:

Start of the Selected-Segment

End of the Selected-Segment

Segment Ranges

Segment Motion-Law

Use the drop-down box to select the Motion-Law for the Selected-Segment.

WARNING: After you select a segment Motion-Law, click somewhere in the motion graph area to remove the focus from the Motion-Law Selector list-box.

Segment Parameters

Different Parameters available with different Traditional Motion-Laws