Guide Animation tab for XGen is missing

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Guide Animation tab for XGen is missing

Anonymous
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I am trying to animate my hair that I created in XGen.  However, when I go under the Primitives tab in XGen, the Guide Animatoin tab that allows me to turn on "Use Animation" is not there.  I am using Maya 2016.

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pshwayka
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Did you use the "placing and shaping guides" option when you created your description? 

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Anonymous
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I think I did. How can I check that to make sure?
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pshwayka
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You would have had to click in various locations on the mesh to get the guides to show up at all. Do you remember doing that?

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Anonymous
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I don't think so. All I remember doing is selecting the object I wanted to apply the hair to and then creating groomable splines through XGen.
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pshwayka
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That's why the Guide Animation section is not showing up. You need to use the "placing and shaping guides" option when you create your description.

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Anonymous
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Is there anyway to convert what I have now to be able to animate like that, or do I have to start over?
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pshwayka
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I've never tried to animate groomable splines, but I think it may be possible using anim wires. See this help section.

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