Animating Replicator Parameters
Most replicator and replicator cell parameters can be animated with keyframing or by
using Parameter behaviors. If you animate the replicator’s shape-specific parameters such
as Radius, Twists, and Offset (in a Spiral replicator), the pattern on which the elements
are built is animated, not the elements themselves. To animate the elements of the
pattern, you keyframe the parameters in the Cell Controls group of the Replicator Inspector
(or in the Replicator Cell Inspector).
Keyframing the replicator parameters (or using Parameter behaviors) animates all elements
in the replicator symmetrically. To animate the elements in sequence over time—without
creating keyframes—use the Sequence Behavior, described in
Using the Sequence
Replicator Behavior
. To animate the replicator using Basic Motion or Simulation behaviors,
see
Using Behaviors with Replicators
.
Important:
If you apply a Simulation behavior, or a Throw or Spin behavior, to a replicator
with keyframed parameters, some keyframe parameters are ignored.
You can also use keyframes to animate the parameters in a replicator’s Properties Inspector.
Parameters in the Properties Inspector affect the replicator as a whole, not replicator
elements.
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Chapter 15
Using the Replicator