Creating a Control Panel for Animations in Maya 2013
Posted October 25th, 2013 by winningcHere is a brief outline and example of how to create a control panel for animations in Maya 2013.
- Create your panel using NURBS squares and circles as you see fit.
- Lock your slider into the boundary you created using the Translate menu under Limit Information in the Attributes Editor.
- Animate > Set Driven Key > Set.
- Select your slider and click Load Driver
- Select your objects to animate and click Load Driven
- Select the slider in the Driver menu and the axis you are translating that slider on
- Select the objects in the Driven menu and the axis you wish to animate them along
- With your slider and objects in their starting position click Key at the bottom next to load driver and load driven
- then move your slider to the other side of your box and move your objects where you want them to be animated to.
- Click Key again
- Move your slider back and forth to confirm you have the movement you are looking for.
NOTE: You can only key one attribute of the driver at a time, but you can have it effect multiple attributes of the driven.
Example of creating a control panel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpyS1amZPA
Example of “Bee Control Panel”: