hey all i would like to lock hands to a specific point on a floor so i can move my figure around by grabing the feet. I tried the lock actor feature but that only locked the pose of the hands not the location of the hands. ie it solved only half of the problem.... I am creating a series of poses that i can use as keys in an animation. any ideas......

and in addition i would like to leave the hands and feet locked in position while moving lets say the hip using dials

Go to the figure menu and go to "Use Inverse Kinematics", then select the limb you want locked. You'll notice both of the legs are turned on already.

thx i will try it now!!!

hrmm it locks the hands into the 0,0,0 position and poses from the lib dont have an affect on the hand portion of the figure.. so almost

here is an example

Hi darknewt,

When IK is ON for the Arms (i.e., Hands), the hands are parented to the Body instead of the Forearm. You can see this if you look in the Hierarchy Editor.

Now ...

You CAN MOVE the Body without changing the pose if you Move the Body - NOT the HIP.

If you move the Hip, the Hands (with IK ON) will remain in a fixed position as long as they are not pulled out of position by moving the Hip.

You can position the Hands by selecting the Hand and changing the x, y, or zTran parameter dial ...
(which will appear for the Hand(s) when IK is ON)

• OR -
  ... position the Hand(s) using the Editing Tools.

cheers,
dr geep
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