Forum: Poser Python Scripting


Subject: Poser and the Real World - Caution Large Image (205k)

bushi opened this issue on Mar 14, 2001 ยท 21 posts


bushi posted Wed, 14 March 2001 at 2:17 AM

This is an example (and very much a WIP) of using PoserPython as a vehicle for connecting Poser to the real world. In the pictures, the Poser figure's arms are beginning positioned but moving the arms of the mannequin. This was accomplished by having the mannequin's arms connected to some small sensors (potentiometers for you tech-types) that are read by a microprocessor board. The board is connected to my main PC through a serial port and sends the info on the arm's position to a PoserPython script. The script then uses the positions of the mannequin's arms to position the Poser figure's arms. Granted, the little mannequin is pretty crude since it's just made out of some foam-core and a B/W print of a Poser figure. There are some small problems that need to worked out but nothing of any major consequence. Having the arms set up this way with motion on only one axis is referred to as having 'one degree of freedom'. My next mannequin will have three degrees of freedom. The main bend in the shoulder, front-to-back in the shoulder and bend in the forearm. It will also be made of foam-core but I hope to eventually progress to a real 3D figure that will have most of the major joints available. Feedback is encouraged. BTW, sorry for the quality of the photomontage. It seems that the hardest part of this project was figuring out a way to present it.