Using relationships

[Phil]

I've adding bones and contraints relationships. I must be doing/missing a step. When i reopen the saved project they're all gone.

any ideas?

Im using version 19.5a

[robcat2075]

It's a bug in v19.5

 

Go back to v19.0 for this until v19.5b comes out, which should be soon.

[Phil]

Thanks, 

[Phil]

Looks like this is now working. I'm trying to import constraints and bones (left_side.mdl ) into my model that i have that has all the right side constraints and bones already done. this used to work but now it just overwrites the data and i lose the right side. is there a way to copy the bones and data from one side to the other?

I was following a tutorial from Barry Zundel disc 2 lesson 9. Mirroring and fixing the rig 

Its now on youtube as Animation:Master Training - Episode 24 - Mirroring and Fixing the Rig

 

[robcat2075]

When you say it used to work, what version were you using?

[Phil]

I dont remember, as i started using MirrorSplines. which i not have been able to get it to work under windows 11

 

[robcat2075]

I've never gone all the way through Barry Zundel's rigging process since I don't use his rig. I just know that other people have gotten a successful result... recently... so it must work in some fashion.

Here is how mirroring bones, CP weights, and constraints is done with current A:M tools. Note that the model I demonstrate with already has an exactly mirrored mesh, having done that with Copy/Flip/attach. You want your splines to be exactly mirrored for this stuff to work.

 

 

 

[robcat2075]

Here is Steffen's documentation on his original Mirror Bone and Mirror Constraints. They may have minor differences from today's versions

http://sgross.com/plugins/plugin18/index.html

[Phil]

Thank you.  I had forgotten about these. They worked.