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title: motionType
framework: usd
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role_heading: Article
path: usd/motiontype
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# motionType

An option that determines how the action displays or hides a prim.

## Overview

Overview The action applies this motion to each prim in the list of affectedObjects. The default value is blank. You need to define a value for this property. Motion Types Declaration uniform token motionType (     allowedTokens = ["none", "moveLeft", "moveRight", "moveFront",          "moveBack", "moveAbove", "moveBelow", "pop", "scaleUp", "scaleDown"] )

## See Also

### Properties

- [info:id](usd/info-id.md)
- [affectedObjects](usd/affectedobjects.md)
- [duration](usd/duration.md)
- [style](usd/style.md)