
8. Dummy Object
It has a significant role in building up the hierarchy among objects. It does not appear visually, but
through its common properties (Translate, Rotate, Scale, Transparency) it can influence the
properties of objects under the Dummy Object in hierarchy.
There are two special functions that the Dummy Object can solve:
1. As a common Clip Box for any number of other Objects:
Any Object (incl. another Dummy) can be linked to the chosen Dummy to serve as its
Clip Box. This helps to use the same clip settings for a whole hierarchy of Objects, you
do not have to set them individually for every one of them.
2. As Free Clones:
By checking this option, instead of the usual Clone controls, you get a different one: with
this, you can still create up to a 100 Clones for the Dummy, but instead of animating them
in relation to one another (by setting the X,Y,Z and T offsets) you can use the common
transformations (Translate, Rotate, Scale and Transparency) completely independent of
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