• Animation Tab Pin: Pins tab to Control Panel.

Cache

Blender's rigid body cache is a system that stores simulation data for rigid body physics animations.

• It saves the calculated physics simulation data to memory or disk, allowing you to playback the animation without recalculating the physics each time.
• It offers two main types of caching:
  • Scene Memory Cache: Temporarily stores simulation data in RAM.
  • Disk Cache: Saves the simulation data permanently to your hard drive.

• RBC Cache Menu: Menu to manage saved Cache.

  • Scene Cache Dropdown - Drop down list where you can select different cache index
  • Cache Name: Name of Cache.
  • Add Cache : Adds a new Cache to Disk.
  • Delete Cache : Deletes current Cache. Note: Scene memory cannot be deleted.

• Record Cache - A button to start/stop recording the animation cache with a progress indicator showing frames recorded.

• Delete Current Cache: A button next to ‘Record Cache’ to delete current cache index

• Pre-Bake Frame: This button allows you to bake the set number of frames before the First frame.(Helpful for preloading the vehicles Suspension). Can only be set if cache isn’t already baked.

• Bake Cache to Keyframes - Converts the recorded cache data into permanent keyframes in the animation timeline.

  • Select All Rigs: Bakes all cached rigs to keyframes.

Keyframe

In Keyframe mode you can record keyframes to your rig while run the simulation.

• RBC Keyframe Menu: Menu to manage saved Actions.
  • Scene Cache Dropdown - Drop down list where you can select different Actions.
  • Cache Name: Name of Action.
  • Add Cache: Adds a new Action to Armature.
  • Duplicate Cache: Duplicates current ****Action.
  • Delete Cache : Deletes current Action.
• Record Keyframes: Button to start/stop recording animation keyframes.
• Progress Indicator: Shows number of recorded Keyframes.