# Creating a pose and entering edit mode

## Create a tracked object

Before getting started with how to use the grip edit mode you will need a tracked object. If you already have a tracked object you can skip to the next section.

Create a blueprint of type Actor.

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Then open the blueprint and add an ExistentTrackerComponent.

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Add a mesh that will represent your tracked object.

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In this case I have used a static mesh part of the engine content folder and have scaled the mesh down to 0.1 on all axes.

Finally, add an ExistentGripComponent.

## Creating a new pose and entering edit mode

If you click on an ExistentGripComponent you may notice that in the details panel under the **Pose** category, there are two properties called **GripPose** and **FinalGripPose**. These two properties appear with a button underneath the animation sequence thumbnail, the button will either let you edit or create a new pose.

The button automatically updates to either functionality depending on the value of the pose, if there is a pose specified then the button will let you edit the pose otherwise if there is no pose specified the button will let you create a new pose.

To create a new pose clear the value of the **GripPose** property.

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Then click on the Create button.

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Pressing the create button will bring up a window which lets you select where to save the animation sequence and what the animation sequence should be called.

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After choosing an appropriate location and name click on OK, the animation sequence will be automatically created, saved and assigned to the property.

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Now that we have an animation sequence to edit we can press the Edit button and enter grip edit mode.

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