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# Reusing Animations
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To begin animating, drag the imported character Prefab into the Scene view. Unity generates a GameObject for each Sprite in the Prefab and [different Assets and components](SLAsset.md). With the new GameObject in the Scene, you can begin animating it with the [Unity animation workflow and tools](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AnimationSection.html).
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After you have [setup the animation skeleton and bone weights](CharacterRig.md) for your character, you can reuse the same rigged skeleton with other character Prefabs by using the [Copy](SkinEdToolsShortcuts.html#editor-toolbar) and [Paste](SkinEdToolsShortcuts.html#editor-toolbar) options on the [editor toolbar](SkinEdToolsShortcuts.html#editor-toolbar). This is useful if you need to quickly create characters that share the same build and animations.
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This can only be done if the source and destination Prefabs have the same number of Sprites. The following functions then occur when you __Paste__ the __Copy__ data:
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1. Copied bone data is pasted to the destination.
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2. Mesh, weights, and bone association of source Sprite(s) are pasted to destination Sprite(s) with the same names.
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## Copy
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To copy a Sprite's data, select a Sprite and then select the __Copy__ button to copy the Mesh and bone data associated with that Sprite. If no Sprite is selected, the data of all the Sprites' currently in the [Skinning Editor](SkinningEditor.md) window is copied.
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## Paste
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To paste Sprite data to another Sprite, select the Sprite that should receive the paste data and then select __Paste__. This will bring up the Paste panel at the bottom right of the editor window:
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<br/>Paste dialog box.
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| __Option__ | Function |
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| ---------- | --------------------------------------------- |
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| __Bones__ | Paste bone data. |
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| __Mesh__ | Paste Mesh data. |
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| __Flip X__ | Paste the data but mirrored along the X-axis. |
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| __Flip Y__ | Paste the data but mirrored along the Y-axis. |
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The __Copy__ and __Paste__ tools behave in the following ways depending on these factors:
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| | Copy from a selected Sprite | Copy with no Sprite selected |
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| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| __Paste with a Sprite selected__ | Data from the source Sprite will be copied to the selected destination Sprite. | Data is pasted to all Sprites at the destination with the same name(s) as the respective source Sprites. |
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| __Paste with no Sprite selected__ | No data is pasted. | Data is pasted to all Sprites at the destination with the same name(s) as the respective source Sprites. | |