Smartskinning a constrained bone?

[strohbehn]

I'm touching up a shoulder joint and want to add a smartskin to control outer-shoulder CP position when the arm is straight down.

 

The position of the arm (and therefore all arm bones) is controlled by a hand null. When I go into the smartskin relationship window (for the bicep bone) I cannot move this hand null to get the arm into the down position to be able to apply the smartskin.

 

Do I have to add the smartskin to the bicep bone prior to all arm rigging to get this to work?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Mark

[KenH]

If you go into an action and move the arm to the position you want using the null, then you can right click on the shoulder bone to smartskin it.

[strohbehn]

Beautiful, Ken!!! Worked like charm the first try. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

I think it's time to go back and review some of the basics. I didn't remember that you could start the smartskinning process from an action window.

[amarillospider]

Otherwise you could open the triangle by your model name and turn off the pose constraining the arm to the null, then make the smartskin, then turn it back on.

 

-Alonso