How to make step the default tangent?

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# 1 15-02-2008 , 05:05 PM

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Hi everyone,

When I'm animating I prefer at the beginning to just see my key poses as opposed to the spline interpolation between them. I can do this by highlighting everything in the graph editor and selecting step but I have to do this every time I create a new keyframe.

How do I make "step" the default tangent type as in the maya settings I can see every type of tangent but step. I'm using Maya 8.5 by the way.

Thanks in advance!
Simon

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# 2 15-02-2008 , 07:27 PM

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Haven't tried it myself but I would presume it in the animation/keyframing preferences. Go to Window > Settings/Preferences > Preferences (or something along those lines, don't have Maya open in front of me).

Chris

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# 3 15-02-2008 , 08:49 PM

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thanks. I tried that but step tangent isn't there. All the others are though user added image

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# 4 06-03-2008 , 10:02 AM

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Simon

Go to your animation preferences and set your tangents to 'Clamped' for Default in tangent and 'Stepped' for Default out tangent. That should do it.

Well, it's what I use anyway :-)

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