heyvern Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Desperately trying to rig a broom to the hands of the troll. I need the broom to drive the arms if possible so that it can stay "level" and the hands/arms move to follow. I just can't get my head around this one. Pointers to any other threads on this topic or perhaps the Troll has a different rig. I seem to recall that other rigs had the "hand" as the end of the chain. It was easy to constrain the hand to an object to control it. I suppose I would be willing to modify the rig in the troll to do this if I get some pointers. I've tried constraining the hand nulls to the broom but the nulls can extend beyond the hands so that doesn't work so well. I constrained the broom to the hand but then it's nearly impossible to make sure the hand is always level to the floor while he sweeps... and then... what about the other hand? Any help or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks bunches. -vern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyvern Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 Sorry for acting like an idiot. Looked at "The Door's Stuck" exercise in the TAoAM.... solved it. -vern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I am doing an animation now where the character has a cane. I attached it to the right hand and now in choreography all I have to do is move the right hand and adjust the left as needed. hope that helps a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyvern Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 It wasn't hard. I was trying to do it with IK arms turned on when what I needed to do was create a NEW ik relationship to the broom. The Troll I'm using is... well he has limited movement so I have to make sure I don't stretch to far or his arms tend to spin around at the shoulders. http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=289496 -vern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.