Saving, Loading, and Appending Motion Flow Graphs

Select a biped. > Motion Flow mode > Motion Flow rollout

Scripts, transitions, and clip references are saved in a Motion Flow Editor.mfe, file, for later editing. A .mfe file allows you to save a Motion Flow and script from one biped and load it onto another biped.

Saving, loading, and appending .mfe files are done from the Motion Flow rollout.

Procedure

To save Motion Flow Editor files:

Create a Motion Flow Graph with three or more motion files.

For information on how to set up the graph, see To create multiple clips in the Motion Flow Graph.
Create a script using the clips in the Motion Flow Graph.

For information on how to create a script, see To create Motion Flow Scripts.

A sample script called Kicking Script containing four clips
Click the Save File button to save a, Motion Flow Editor .mfefile.

The Save As dialog is displayed.
Specify a folder on your hard drive where you plan to store your Motion Flow Editor files.

To load Motion Flow Editor files:

Select a biped.
Open the Motion panel.
On the Biped rollout, click Motion Flow mode .
On the Motion Flow rollout, click Load File.

The Open dialog is displayed.
Navigate to the folder where your .mfe files are stored.
Choose the file to load.
Click the Play Animation button to see the biped move to the scripted clips.

To append Motion Flow Editor files:

Select a biped.
Open the Motion panel.
On the Biped rollout, click Motion Flow mode .
On the Motion Flow rollout, click Load File .

The Open dialog is displayed.
Select a .mfe file from the folder where your Motion Flow Editor files are stored.
Click Append File.

The Open dialog is displayed again.
Choose a different .mfe file.

A new script appears in the script drop–down list and the appended sequence of clips appears directly below the original sequence of clips in the Motion Flow Graph dialog, so you may have to scroll down to see it.