That sounds like a good idea. The math that I posted above should be suitable for that purpose. The main thing to remember when calculating the Euler angles, is that they depend on the order of rotation for the actor in question. In general, there are 9 different combinations, however, the standard Poser 3/4/5 characters probably only use 2 or 3 (just guessing).

e.g.

for XYZ rotations...

R = RzRyRx (or the opposite, can't remember off the top of my head)

for ZXY rotations...

R = RyRxRz

Then extract the angles ax, ay and az from the appropiate rotation matrix R.

It would also be extremely useful to track the "twist" parameter of the object that it is point at. So you can move the prop to point the body part towards it, and you can twist the prop to make the body part twist. Konan (Creator of Blacksmith3D)


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