Maya - turn motion paths off

Yerus

Hi! I'm trying to shut my motion path up but, appart from other constraints, this one haven't got an 'envelop' option. I want to be able to turn it on and off during animation, is it possible? How would you approach that?
Thx.

throttlekitty

Instead of putting what you want on the motion path, create a different transform to travel the path instead, and parent constraint your original object to this transform. This gives you the option of turning off the constraint's weight.

Or if you wanted a second control that you can swap to, create a second extra transform. Constraining your object to both lets you flip the weights from 0 to 1 on either parent like in a space switch.