Icons in Motion Library

After you have loaded a character, prop or accessory into 3DXchange, you are then able to add motion or animations to the Motion Library. These items listed in the library can then be included into the Perform command list, applied to the character in iClone for previewing result, or exported into FBX format in order to re-use them in external 3D tools.

There are four types of items compatible in the library, and each of them has an icon displayed in the Types column in the library.

Mix-loading them for a single object is acceptable, especially for characters, because unlike props that can only have private animations, characters can accept different motion types.

Icon Meanings in the Motion Library

Props

• - When a prop is embedded with perform animations, either by the publisher releasing it or via the Collect Clip feature by you, there can only be one type of icon shown in the Types column in the Motion Library. It indicates that this prop contains perform animations.

Character

• - This icon means the item is a simple motion (*.iMotion, *.vns) file. You may obtain files of this type from the Motion Library or by Collect Clip feature.
  The data can be included are as shown in the table below:

  Data Type	From Data Track	Converted Result
  Transform Keys	Transform Track	Data are merged and baked into a motion clip.
  Hands Clips	2 Hand tracks
  Motion Layer Keys	Motion Layer track and sub tracks
  Constraint Keys	6 Reach tracks, Look At, Path and Link tracks

• - This icon means the item is a talking script (*.iTalk) file. You can only get files of this type from the Facial Animation Library.
  The data can be included are as shown in the table below:

  Data Type	From Data Track	Converted Result
  Voice and Lipsync Keys	Viseme track, Voice and Lips (lipsync) sub tracks	All clips of the same tracks of the entire project are merged.
  Expression Clips	Expression Track	All clips in this track of the entire project are merged.
  Facial Layer Keys	Facial Layer Track	Keys are kept.

• - This icon means the item is a MotionPlus (*.iMotionPlus) file. You may obtain files of this type from the MotionPlus Library or by Collect Clip feature.
  The data that can be included are as shown in the table below:

  Data Type	From Data Track	Converted Result
  Character
  Transform Keys	Transform Track	Data are merged and baked into a motion clip.
  Hands Clips	2 Hand tracks
  Motion Layer Keys	Motion Layer track and sub tracks
  Constraint Keys	6 Reach tracks, Look At, Path and Link tracks
  Spring Switches	Spring track	States are kept.
  Voice and Lipsync Keys	Viseme track, Voice and Lips (lipsync) sub tracks	All clips of the same tracks within collecting range are merged.
  Expression Clips	Expression Track	All clips in this track within collecting range are merged.
  Facial Layer Keys	Facial Layer Track	Keys are kept.
  Visible Switches	Visible Track	States are kept.
  Spring Switches	Spring track	States are kept.
  Sound Clips	Sound Track	All clips in this track within collecting range are merged.
  Accessory
  Transform Keys	Transform track	Data are merged and baked into an animation clip.
  Animation Clips	Animation track
  Animation Layer Keys	Animation Layer track
  Constraint Keys	Look At and Path tracks
  Visible Switches	Visible Track	States are kept.
  Spring Switches	Spring track	States are kept.
  Sound Clips	Sound Track	All clips in this track within collecting range are merged.