Moho Forum

First of all, I promise I searched this forum -- I even used Heyvern because I'm almost positive he has mentioned this before -- but I got hundreds of hits and no time to go through all the various threads (hundreds of threads, thousands of messages). Apologies.

I'm looking for a way to press a single key to key all the bones on a layer -- it's getting to be a real PITA to have to select the various bones and make sure the rotations and transforms and such are all keyed before I start to key again. There *should* be a way to do this in the base AS, but I don't see anything like this and am hoping this is an easy script function that's already been written.

So... in essence I'm looking for a "freeze" type script that will hold all the bones in a layer's present position -- did I dream this up or isn't this so basic that Heyvern has mentioned it a dozen or more times?

I don't know if I understood you. do you want to create a keyframe for all bones in a layer?

if you see the timeline, there are two lines for almost all channels. when you create a keyframe in the red one (right click on the red line>add keyframe), all the bones selected will be keyed. if you create a keyframe in the other line, absolutely all the bones will be keyed.

it's the same for points, shapes, bones angle and position.

(anyway, i remember there is somewhere a toolscript pack wich creates keyframes for the bones)

Unless I'm mistaken, the Copy Current Frame option under the Animation menu will do that. Just copy the current frame TO the current frame.

--gary

Neither of those will do what I want -- a *simple* method of keying all the bones (ideally with just a key press but I'll settle for a button press).

The first one requires first I be in bone mode (press B) then select all bones (ctrl-A) then press a finicky set key on BOTH the rotation and transform links -- way too fussy.

The second one requires I both select the rotation and transform boxes for bones as well as type in the frame number I want to copy to (and it doesn't hold the check boxes so I need to check them every single time) -- again, way too much work.

I just want a simple key or button press to key all bones -- surely this must be scriptable. Anyone know where I can find this?

i don't know if I didn't understand or you didn't understand.

I understood you but I'm saying it requires *way* too many keypresses and selections -- at least three and possibly four or five (or more) as well as the fiddly problem of trying to press the mouse *right* at the right line.

But no matter -- I found the script I wanted. I had to modify it (because the default was step mode) as well as assign it a key (I used "K") but it works great -- I just press "K" and it does all I want.

One of these days I need to study scripting...