About This Document

Provides information about XML elements of the Motion scene graph.

Topics

This document describes aspects of version 3 of the Motion XML file format. In particular it discusses:

the Motion scene graph.

the Motion scene objects.

related parameter settings.

It does not describe:

filter parameters.

behavior parameters.

canvas and viewer details.

Motion UI state.

curve interpolation formulae.

scene object and parameter flags.

This document assumes that you are familiar with general XML conventions and the Motion application.

This document contains the following chapters:

Motion XML Overview

Elements, Subelements, and Attributes

The Properties Parameter

The Object Parameter

Channel Folders and Related Elements

Customizing a Motion XML Project File

Elements appear in computer voice and initial lower case: scenenode , layer , and so on.

Names of attributes of elements appear in computer voice and initial lower case, and are followed by the = symbol: uuid= , factoryID= , and so on.

Values for attributes appear in computer voice and initial uppercase: Properties , Position , and so on.

An asterisk (*) following an element indicates there may be 0 or more instances of the element.

A plus sign (+) following an element indicates there must be at least 1 or more instances of the element.

An ellipses (. . .) in a code listing indicates that some lines of code are not displayed.