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bakeResults(
<objects>
, [animation=string], [disableImplicitControl=boolean], [float=floatRange], [includeUpperBound=boolean], [index=uint], [preserveOutsideKeys=boolean], [sampleBy=time], [simulation=boolean], [sparseAnimCurveBake=boolean], [time=timeRange])
Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.
bakeResults is undoable, queryable, and editable.
This command allows the user to replace a chain of dependency nodes
which define the value for an attribute with a single animation curve.
Command allows the user to specify the range and frequency of sampling.
This command operates on a keyset. A keyset is
defined as a group of keys within a specified time range on one or
more animation curves.
The animation curves comprising a keyset depend on the value
of the "-animation" flag:
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keysOrObjects:
- Any active keys, when no target objects or -attribute
flags appear on the command line, or
- All animation curves connected to all keyframable
attributes of objects specified as the command line's
targetList, when there are no active keys.
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keys:
Only act on active keys or tangents.
If there are no active keys or tangents, don't do anything.
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objects:
Only act on specified objects. If there are no objects specified, don't
do anything.
Note that the "-animation" flag can be used to override
the curves uniquely identified by the multi-use
"-attribute" flag, which takes an argument of the form
attributeName, such as "translateX".
Keys on animation curves are identified by either
their time values or their indices. Times and indices should
be specified as a range, as shown below.
- -time "10:20" means all keys in the range from 10 to 20,
inclusive, in the current time unit.
- -index "1:5" means the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th keys of
each animation curve.
animation, disableImplicitControl, float, includeUpperBound, index, preserveOutsideKeys, sampleBy, simulation, sparseAnimCurveBake, time
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[argument types] |
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index(index)
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uint
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index of a key on an animCurve
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time(t)
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timeRange
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time uniquely representing a key (or key
range) on a time-based animCurve. Valid timeRanges
include single values (-t 10) or a string
with a lower and upper bound, separated by a colon
(-t "10:20")
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float(f)
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floatRange
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value uniquely representing a non-time-based
key (or key range) on a time-based animCurve. Valid
floatRange include single values (-f 10) or a
string with a lower and upper bound, separated by a
colon (-f "10:20")
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includeUpperBound(iub)
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boolean
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When the -t/time or -f/float flags represent a range
of keys, this flag determines whether the keys at the
upper bound of the range are included in the keyset.
Default value: true. This flag is only valid when
the argument to the -t/time flag is a time range with
a lower and upper bound. (When used with the "pasteKey"
command, this flag refers only to the time range of the
target curve that is replaced, when using options such
as "replace," "fitReplace," or "scaleReplace." This
flag has no effect on the curve pasted from the clipboard.)
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animation(an)
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string
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Where this command should get the animation to act
on. Valid values are "objects," "keys," and
"keysOrObjects" Default: "keysOrObjects." (See
Description for details.)
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sampleBy(sb)
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time
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Amount to sample by. Default is 1.0 in current timeUnit
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preserveOutsideKeys(pok)
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boolean
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Whether to preserve keys that are outside the bake range
when there are directly connected animation curves or a pairBlend node
which has an animation curve as its direct input. The default
(false) is to remove frames outside the bake range. If the channel
that you are baking is not controlled by a single animation curve,
then a new animation curve will be created with keys only in the
bake range. In the case of pairBlend-driven channels, setting pok to
true will retain both the pairBlend and its input animCurve. The
blended values will be baked onto the animCurve and the weight of the
pairBlend weight will be keyed to the animCurve during the baked
range.
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simulation(sm)
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boolean
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Using this flag instructs the command to preform a simulation instead
of just evaluating each attribute separately over the range of time.
The simulation flag is required to bake animation that that depends on
the whole scene being evaluated at each time step such as dynamics. The
default is false.
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disableImplicitControl(dic)
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boolean
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Whether to disable implicit control after the anim curves
are obtained as the result of this command. An implicit control
to an attribute is some function that affects the attribute
without using an explicit dependency graph connection. The
control of IK, via ik handles, is an example.
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sparseAnimCurveBake(sac)
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boolean
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When this is true and anim curves are being baked, do not insert
any keys into areas of the curve where animation is defined. And, use
as few keys as possible to bake the pre and post infinity behavior.
When this is false, one key will be inserted at each time step. The
default is false.
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
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int - The number of channels baked
bakeClip, bakeSimulation
import maya.cmds as cmds
# To replace the set of nodes controlling the animation of
# surface1.translateX with a single animation animCurve, between the
# time interval 5-44, with a sampling frequency of 2 timeUnits, use the
# following command:
cmds.bakeResults( 'surface1.translateX', t=(5,44), sb=2 )
# This bakes the joints on a skeleton over the time interval 1-40.
cmds.bakeResults( 'joint*', t=(1,40), simulation=True )
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