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Pose one leg:

Now that the biped is prone, you're ready to animate the swimming motion.
First, you’ll position the legs. You’ll work on the right leg first, setting up its
position at frame 0.

1 Press Alt+W so you can see all four viewports again.

2 Select Bip01 R Thigh by clicking the lines of the thigh in the Left viewport.

TIPAs you hold your cursor over an object in the viewport, the object’s name

is displayed in a tooltip. You can also select an object by pressing H to choose

objects from the selection list.

The right thigh is selected.

3 Rotate Bip01 R Thigh approximately −30 degrees about the Z-axis.

The right leg is rotated, but the right foot is pointing straight down.

4 Press Page Down twice to select the right foot.

TIPThe Page Up and Page Down keys let you quickly navigate through the

objects that make up a biped.

5 Rotate Bip01 R Foot about –50 degrees around the Z-axis.

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