Is there anyway to get a controller (point3, float, bool etc) from a track… I delved through the help and couldn’t find any info on it…
Something like
$.drawontop.controller = undefined
or
delete $.drawontop.controller
or something… anyone!? Not like it’s all tha necessary, but it cleans my trackview.
Thanx,
-Johan
Whether you are using a Point helper, an ExposeTM helper or a Spline_IK_Control, you cannot remove the “.drawontop” track or any of their standard property tracks. This is true for all 3ds max animatable object properties. In other words, 3ds max will never let you remove a sphere’s “radius” track, either in the interface or thru Maxscript.
Also, once you have assigned a controller to a track, either directly or by animating it, you cannot remove the controller…you can only replace it with another controller. In other words, you cannot successfully assigned the value of “undefined” to a track once a controller has existed on that track.
As far as I know, the only tracks you can remove from Track View are custom tracks created with the addTrackViewController() function. You can use the deleteTrackViewController() function to do this.
John, thanks for your reply… I figured something like that. I can also think of another case where controllers get lost. With spline animation or the reset on a ffd… Probably something to do with blockcontrollers.
It’s always good to get confirmation on something, that you guess is true, but never know for sure.
-Johan