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title: "Add Empty Motion Layer"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/36840.html"
section_path: "Animate > Animate Menu > Add Empty Motion Layer"
command_id: "465003065"
description: "Creates a new, empty Motion Layer in the Timeline (in Motion mode) for the object(s) currently selected in the Object Manager, for use with Motion Clips …"
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# Add Empty Motion Layer

Creates a new, empty Motion Layer in the Timeline (in Motion mode) for the object(s) currently selected in the **Object Manager**, for use with Motion Clips. If an object does not have a Motion System tag assigned to it, one will automatically be created and assigned.