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      <div class="title_topic6" id="xps10_pagetitle">Editing a Key Frames Trajectory</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the Key Frames dialog to add, edit, and delete key frames for the selected animation trajectory. Use this dialog to define the key frames for an animation trajectory, which minimally consists of establishing a view orientation and a frame count for each.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">To orient the view for each key frame, use Rotate, Pan, Zoom, and Navigate. To add steps (or interpolated frames) between the selected and previous key frame, enter a positive number in the Num Steps field.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  The Key Frames dialog that displays from View&rarr;Navigate&rarr;Edit Key Frames is identical to and works the same as the dialog displayed from View&rarr; <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_anim_d.html');return(false);">Create Animation</a>&rarr;Key Frames.
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_op_nav_gu_kf_ed_list_r.html');return(false);">Key Frames List Box</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Contains the names and frame counts for all key frames in the selected animation trajectory.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Name</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the name of the key frame currently highlighted in the list box. To change the name of the currently highlighted key frame, enter a new value in the Name field and click Update Frame. To copy the highlighted key frame, click the Add/Copy. Key frame names must be unique within an animation trajectory and can be up to 12 characters in length.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_op_nav_gu_kf_ed_num_r.html');return(false);">Num Steps</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines the number of interpolated, or &quot;in between&quot;, frames that the system inserts between the previous key frame and the current key frame.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_op_nav_gu_kf_ed_blend_r.html');return(false);">Blend Factor</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Determines the smoothness of the trajectory path through key frames not using the Turntable Motion option.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_op_nav_gu_kf_ed_add_r.html');return(false);">Add/Copy</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Creates new key frames.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Deletes key frames. Highlight a key frame in the Key Frame list box and click Delete.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Applies changes made to a key frame. Update Frame implements changes made to the Name, Num Steps and Blend Factor fields, as well as any view orientation changes you may have made using Rotate, Zoom, Pan or Navigate. To apply the changes, click Apply or OK.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Arranges a key frame upward or downward in the Key Frame list box.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_op_nav_gu_kf_ed_opt_r.html');return(false);">Key Frame Options</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">At present this dialog contains settings for only one Key Frame option, Use Turntable Motion.</p>
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