# Substitution for GetSmartNameByName in UE 5.3

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/substitution-for-getsmartnamebyname-in-ue-5-3/1515046>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** skeleton-mesh, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [December 10, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/substitution-for-getsmartnamebyname-in-ue-5-3/1515046 "2023-12-10T19:49:44Z")\
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Hi  
In Unreal Engine 5.3 the `USkeleton::GetSmartNameByName` is deprecated and in no longer used.  
There was no replacement in documents,  
Can someone help me find the substitution?

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Well, if you’re calling this for getting curve data from AnimSequenceBase, the good news is: You wouldn’t need it anymore.

I recently rewrite my code to avoid warning and I can share a sample here:

```auto
 curAnimMontage->GetSkeleton()->GetSmartNameByName( USkeleton::AnimCurveMappingName, TEXT( "AtkForwardCorrection" ), CurveName );
 const FFloatCurve* corrCurve = static_cast<const FFloatCurve*>( curAnimMontage->GetCurveData().GetCurveData(CurveName.UID) );

```

replaced by:

```auto
  const FFloatCurve* corrCurve = static_cast<const FFloatCurve*>( curAnimMontage->GetCurveData().GetCurveData( FName( "AtkForwardCorrection" ), ERawCurveTrackTypes::RCT_Float ) )

```

Hope it’s the same case for you.  
Good luck.

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In the USkeleton class Smart Names have been renamed to CurveMetaData recently.  
If you are looking for a function related to Smart Names, just look for a similar function that has “CurveMetaData” in its name