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| Animation ClipAnimation data that can be used for animated characters or simple animations. It is a simple “unit” piece of motion, such as (one specific instance of) “Idle”, “Walk” or “Run”. More info See in Glossary |
Animation data that can be used for animated characters or simple animations. It is a simple “unit” piece of motion, such as (one specific instance of) “Idle”, “Walk” or “Run”. |
| Animation CurvesAllows you to add data to an imported clip so you can animate the timings of other items based on the state of an animator. For example, for a game set in icy conditions, you could use an extra animation curve to control the emission rate of a particle system to show the player’s condensing breath in the cold air. More info See in Glossary |
Curves can be attached to animation clips and controlled by various parameters from the game. |
| Avatar MaskA specification for which body parts to include or exclude for an animation rig. Used in Animation Layers and in the importer. More info See in Glossary |
A specification for which body parts to include or exclude for a skeleton. Used in Animation Layers and in the importer. |
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| AvatarAn interface for retargeting animation from one rig to another. More info See in Glossary |
An interface for retargeting one skeleton to another. |
| RetargetingApplying animations created for one model to another. More info See in Glossary |
Applying animations created for one model to another. |
| RiggingThe process of building a skeleton hierarchy of joints for your mesh. Performed with an external tool, such as Blender or Autodesk Maya. More info See in Glossary |
The process of building a skeleton hierarchy of bone jointsA physics component allowing a dynamic connection between rigidbodies, usually allowing some degree of movement such as a hinge. More info See in Glossary for your meshThe main graphics primitive of Unity. Meshes make up a large part of your 3D worlds. Unity supports triangulated or Quadrangulated polygon meshes. Nurbs, Nurms, Subdiv surfaces must be converted to polygons. More info See in Glossary. Performed with an external tool, such as Autodesk® 3ds Max® or Autodesk® Maya®. |
| SkinningThe process of binding bone joints to the vertices of a character’s mesh or ‘skin’. Performed with an external tool, such as Blender or Autodesk Maya. More info See in Glossary |
The process of binding bone joints to the character’s mesh or ‘skin’. Performed with an external tool, such as Autodesk® 3ds Max® or Autodesk® Maya®. |
| Muscle definitionThis allows you to have more intuitive control over the character’s skeleton. When an Avatar is in place, the Animation system works in muscle space, which is more intuitive than bone space. More info See in Glossary |
This allows you to have more intuitive control over the character’s skeleton. When an Avatar is in place, the Animation system works in muscle space, which is more intuitive than bone space. |
| T-poseThe pose in which the character has their arms straight out to the sides, forming a “T”. The required pose for the character to be in, in order to make an Avatar. See in Glossary |
The pose in which the character has their arms straight out to the sides, forming a “T”. The required pose for the character to be in, in order to make an Avatar. |
| Bind-poseThe pose at which the character was modelled. See in Glossary |
The pose at which the character was modelled. |
| Human templateA pre-defined bone-mapping. Used for matching bones from FBX files to the Avatar. More info See in Glossary |
A pre-defined bone-mapping. Used for matching bones from FBX files to the Avatar. |
| Translate DoFThe three degrees-of-freedom associated with translation (movement in X,Y & Z) as opposed to rotation. See in Glossary |
The three degrees-of-freedom associated with translation (movement in X,Y & Z) as opposed to rotation. |
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| Animator ComponentA component on a model that animates that model using the Animation system. The component has a reference to an Animator Controller asset that controls the animation. More info See in Glossary |
Component on a model that animates that model using the Animation system. The component has a reference to an Animator Controller asset that controls the animation. |
| Root MotionMotion of character’s root node, whether it’s controlled by the animation itself or externally. More info See in Glossary |
Motion of character’s root, whether it’s controlled by the animation itself or externally. |
| Animator ControllerControls animation through Animation Layers with Animation State Machines and Animation Blend Trees, controlled by Animation Parameters. The same Animator Controller can be referenced by multiple models with Animator components. More info See in Glossary |
The Animator Controller controls animation through Animation Layers with Animation State MachinesThe set of states in an Animator Controller that a character or animated GameObject can be in, along with a set of transitions between those states and a variable to remember the current state. The states available will depend on the type of gameplay, but typical states include things like idling, walking, running and jumping. More info See in Glossary and Animation Blend Trees, controlled by Animation Parameters. The same Animator Controller can be referenced by multiple models with Animator components. |
| Animator WindowThe window where the Animator Controller is visualized and edited. More info See in Glossary |
The window where the Animator Controller is visualized and edited. |
| Animation LayerAn Animation Layer contains an Animation State Machine that controls animations of a model or part of it. An example of this is if you have a full-body layer for walking or jumping and a higher layer for upper-body motions such as throwing an object or shooting. The higher layers take precedence for the body parts they control. More info See in Glossary |
An Animation Layer contains an Animation State Machine that controls animations of a model or part of it. An example of this is if you have a full-body layer for walking or jumping and a higher layer for upper-body motions such as throwing an object or shooting. The higher layers take precedence for the body parts they control. |
| Animation State MachineA graph within an Animator Controller that controls the interaction of Animation States. Each state references an Animation Blend Tree or a single Animation Clip. More info See in Glossary |
A graph controlling the interaction of Animation States. Each state references an Animation Blend Tree or a single Animation Clip. |
| Animation Blend TreeUsed for continuous blending between similar Animation Clips based on float Animation Parameters. More info See in Glossary |
Used for continuous blending between similar Animation Clips based on float Animation Parameters. |
| Animation ParametersUsed to communicate between scripting and the Animator Controller. Some parameters can be set in scripting and used by the controller, while other parameters are based on Custom Curves in Animation Clips and can be sampled using the scripting API. More info See in Glossary |
Used to communicate between scripting and the Animator Controller. Some parameters can be set in scripting and used by the controller, while other parameters are based on Custom Curves in Animation Clips and can be sampled using the scripting API. |
| Inverse Kinematics__ (IK)__ | The ability to control the character’s body parts based on various objects in the world. |