Basic Operation¶
New Action¶
Create a new empty action for your object to start animating
This operator is also available at the side of the list as the Plus Button ( + )
Options¶
Name¶
New Action Name
Use Frame Range¶
Enable manual frame range
Frame Range¶
Assign Frame Range start and end for manual frame range
Use Fake User¶
Enable Fake User for any new action
Remove Action¶
Remove the action from the action list of the object
This operator is also available at the side of the list as the Minus Button ( - )
This operator only removes the action from the object’s action list and does not remove the action from the blend file.
Note
To remove the action from the blend file, you will need to Shift-Click the button. And then a Confirmation Prompt will appear.
Load Action¶
Spawn an action loader that you can use to load an existing action in your blend file into the action list.
Action loader comes with a strong filtering feature to help you find the action that you want to load.
This is useful when you append action from another blend file to use on the current object
Note
The action list in Load Action only shows actions that are not loaded in the object and does not show any action that has been loaded.
Options¶
Search¶
Filter the action list by Name.
Include / Exclude¶
Match the action name if the action name is to include or exclude the string in the search box.
Tag Filter¶
Filter the actions by using tags.
You can input multiple tags seperated by a comma.
Inclusive / Exclusive¶
Inclusive: Match any actions that contains any of the tags in the filter.
Exclusive: Match an action that only has all tags in the filter.
Load All¶
This will load all the actions in the list after filtering (actions you see in the list).
Load (Item)¶
Load this action into the list.
Duplicate (Item)¶
Duplicate this action into the list.
Load Duplicate¶
Similar to Load Action, but it duplicates the action instead of loading it.
This is useful when you want to make variations of an animation.
Note
The action list in Load Duplicate All list are all the actions in the File.
Options¶
Search¶
Filter the action list by name.
Include / Exclude¶
Match the action name if the action name to include or exclude the string in the search box.
Duplicate Load All¶
This will duplicate all the actions in the list after filtering (actions you see in the list).
Local Action Only¶
Only list actions that are already loaded on this object.
Duplicate (Item)¶
Duplicate this action into the list.