Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Help - Seem 2 be a Hierarchy Dummy!

cruzan opened this issue on Feb 13, 2003 ยท 14 posts


cruzan posted Thu, 13 February 2003 at 10:30 AM

Thought I had this down but guess I am more confused than ever as Carrera/RDS handles my groups totally different.

I have tried using PhiBuilder (2.1) and still having problems. 1st Problem is that full obj export from RDS or Carrera doesn't always point to All of the Objects... So in PhiBuilder I manually inserted the obj. Here is PhiBuilder Text:

objFile :Runtime:Geometries:MINE:PoserCrane.obj
1 CenterBase xyz
2 TireFenders xyz
2 Tires_Rims xyz
2 MOTOR xyz
2 LegsFrameBody xyz
1 CraneBase yzx
2 Cab xyz
2 BaseCrane xzy
3 1stLevelCrane xyz
4 2ndLevelCrane xyz
5 TackleAndEndCrane xyz :Runtime:Geometries:MINE:TackleAndEndCrane.obj
6 TackleCover xyz
4 BaseHydraulic xyz
5 ExtensionHydraulic xyz :Runtime:Geometries:MINE:ExtensionHydraulic.obj
3 Ropes xyz
4 Block xyz
5 Hook xyz
1 LegsRite xyz
1 LegsLeft xyz

Here is Hierarchy in RDS/Carrera:

PoserCrane:
LegsRite
LegsLeft
RotateCraneBase Group
CraneBase
Cab
MOTOR
ExtensionHydraulic
BaseHydraulic
CraneBooms Group
BaseCrane
1stLevelCrane
2ndLevelCrane
TackleAndEndCrane
TackleCover
BlockAndHook Group
Block
Hook
Ropes
CenterSection Group (nonmoving-just tilts w/legs)
CenterBase
Tire_Rims
TireFenders
LegsFrameBody

Basically, I am making a mobile rough terrain crane where the CraneBase can spin around at 360degrees but I want control over the BaseHydraulic and BaseCrane to lower and raise (within the rotated CraneBase).

Any Hints? Clues [for the clueless]? etc.? Oh yeah, am not a fan AT ALL of setup room - bones are for people not mechanical.... and have P5 and PPP... both give same problem of moving whole CraneBase when trying to lower the hydraulics and cranes.