7 Make sure Auto Key is still on.
8 On the Copy/Paste rollout, paste options group, click the Paste
Vertical button.
9 Click Paste Posture.
Dr. X stands up again. When you paste a posture with Auto Key turned
on, a key is created at the current frame with the new posture. Here, a
new key was created for the COM's Body Vertical track at frame 30.
Copy and paste the squatting posture:
1 Go to frame 15.
2 On the Copy/Paste rollout, click the Copy Posture button. Rename
the posture Squatting.
3 Go to frame 45, and click Paste Posture.
Paste the remaining postures:
Now that you've stored the two postures, you can easily paste them to other
frames.
1 Go to frame 60. Choose the Standing posture from the Copied Postures
list, and click Paste Posture.
2 Go to frame 75. Choose the Squatting posture from the Copied Postures
list, and click Paste Posture.
3 On frame 90, paste the Standing posture.
4 On frame 105, paste the Squatting posture.
5 On frame 120, paste the Standing posture.
You have now created all the knee-bend motions for this animation. If
you like, you can play the animation to see the motion.
6 Turn off Auto Key.
7 Save the scene as MyDrX02.max.
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