darken99 opened this issue on Aug 05, 2000 ยท 4 posts
darken99 posted Sat, 05 August 2000 at 2:20 PM
How do you do an animation where a character is holding an 2 handed object like a chainsaw? Every time it's moved, at least one hand is out of line. Is there a way to accomplish this easily using hiearchy? I want to be able to move the character and still keep his hands on the saw. HELP!
MadRed posted Sat, 05 August 2000 at 5:33 PM
Try 'locking' the affected limbs, and only twist/bend from the chest. What you are looking for is 'Circular Parenting' which Poser can't do. And you hold a chainsaw ... very carefully... Couldn't resist.
jeffheater posted Sat, 05 August 2000 at 8:21 PM
go to "figure" at the top use Inverse Kinematics check left and right arms select the hand(either) go to "object" change parent select the prop (chainsaw) and inherit bends do the same for the other hand now you can move the prop around and the hands will stay on it and the arms will follow -Jeff
wyrwulf posted Sat, 05 August 2000 at 9:19 PM
Yeah, like Jeff said. I knew it, I just couldn't remember it. I thought I had a text file with the info. I will now. Thanks, Jeff.