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Channels are used for grouping joints. They allow animations to play only on a subset of the model joints, so that multiple animations can play on different parts of the model at the same time.
For example, you can play a walking animation on the legs, an animation for swinging the arms on the upper body, and an animation for moving the eyes on the head.
Animation channels are defined and inspected in the Model Editor as described below. The use of channels is up to the game's script or C++ code.
The Channels pane lists all animation channels in the model.
For each channel,
is shown.
A single click on a channel selects it, a double click opens the Channel Inspector pane as well.
Pressing the F2 key or a single-click on an already selected channel allows you to rename the channel in place.
The “+” button creates a new channel and adds it to the list.
The “-” button deletes the currently selected channels.
An RMB click in the Channels pane opens the context menu:
Shows the name of the currently selected animation channel.
The name can be edited in order to rename the channel.