I have been in the process of splitting up single track animations using the Clip options in the animations menu however sometimes I am running into problems.

I think (not 100% sure) it has to do with not all bones having a key-frame set for every frame, so when I clip in the middle of the animation it becomes all mangled. My reasoning for this is that it seems to always work fine for the first section perfectly.

Is there a way to set a key-frame for all bones in their current position/orientation?

This way I could do this at the start and end of each section before I do the clip.

I tried using the option "Add Empty Orientation Keyframe to all bones" but this did nothing and I am not entirely sure it's what I am after anyway.

It is also possible that something else is wrong and in that case I have no idea. Any help would be much appreciated.

off topic but, "becomes all mangled." lol, i had to laugh there. It does look pretty uncomfortable

You could attach mesh skeleton anim files

I'm not quite sure what you mean, could you please elaborate.

Edit: I am with you now, had a brain fade. I will PM/email them to you shortly

thanks, I've received the files, will check soon

Hi,
Can you tell me the range of the animation that you're trying to clip and have problems? (from-to)
You can also try specifying animation range in the 3ds max during exporting.

I have emailed the original file and animation information. The problem animation was "Dissapointed" frames 101-206.

I've found a small bug that may display the animation incorrectly after clipping, this will be fixed for next sdk.

Thanks latest SDK has fixed the problem.

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Update: seems that I am still having some issues when using a different model.

I have emailed it to you so you can see for yourself.

will work correctly in next sdk
(about multiple animation tracks from the e-mail: collada doesn't support this)