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Watch the Coordinate display Z-field until it reaches about –0.25m and

release the mouse button. A key is automatically created at frame 15. This

is Dr. X's squatted pose.

7 Scrub (drag) the time slider to see Dr. X bend his knees once.

Copy and paste the standing posture:

1 Move the time slider to frame 0.

2 Expand the Copy/Paste rollout.

The tools on this rollout enable you to quickly copy and paste keys from

one frame to other frames. By default, the Posture option is selected. This

option pastes keys from individual body parts.

3 In the Copy/Paste rollout, click Create Collections. Name the

Collection Dr. X poses.

4 Click the Copy Posture button.

5 In the Copied Postures field, rename the posture Standing.

6 Move the time slider to frame 30.

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