[BUG] Animator affects physics

[dotsquid]

I just wanted to know the status of this bug https://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?938615_mnm3dnlhl0cpv9gk because it slows our team down and we don’t want to use any insane workarounds.

For those who don’t know the details: the animator affects physics simulation even if no actual animation is being played. But the animator contains the animation of Transform.
Here is how this looks like

Pay attention to amplitude of the yellow hexagon when Animator is enabled/disabled.
The project is in the attachment.

3193324–243914–Physics_vs_Animator-20170821T121912Z-001.zip (25.5 KB)

[dotsquid]

Wellp, it appeared to be by design

Hello again,

This case was verified to be so by design. It will be closed now.

Here is what the developer said about the behavior of the Animator in Unity:

The Animator writes all the transforms of all the clips in the AnimatorController, whether the transforms are involved in the current state or not. This behaviour is by design, and has been the same since 4.0

I can’t express my strong feelings about this issue and this reply.
Since this issue is related to Animator and not Physics I’ll try to ask in Animator-related thread.