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From: Joe Angell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Object manipulation
To: Russell Isler <[e-mail]>
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> Is it just me, or is it nearly impossible to move things (like bones) into
> positions using the front, top and side views.

It's not just you.

> My stuff always moves  funny, and sometimes it won't move on some axis
> (yes the button for that axis is on) Now I realize that this is
> because things move on their local axis...  Is there a way to have
> things move on a global axis?

Nope.  Anyone wanna try to write a Plug-In? ;)

> Right now it  takes twice as long to put things where they belong, due
> to my having to  relearn how the object will move with each move of the
> mouse.

I found a work-around that makes this a little easier.  If you've got the
bone about right, temporarilly unparent the parent of the bone/object you
want to move, and set that objects rotation to 0,0,0 but do NOT make a
keyframe!

Now you have the bone/object you want to adjust, and that bone/object's
parent.  That parent is temorarilly un-parented from the rest of the
chain, and has it's rotations set to 0,0,0, with NO keyframe made (after
setting the rotation to 0,0,0).  Just wanted to made sure that made sense...

Now the bone/object you want to edit is back at world co-ords, so it's
easier to move around.  After it's all set up, create a key for ONLY that
object, then go forward a frame and back a frame.  The parent now pops
back to where it was before, since no key was made for it.

This does seem like a lot of work for a little thing, but it saves a lot
of frustration...

> And that Gimbal lock!  Man, its almost impossible to bone up a
> skelleton for my charaters!  Has anyone had any success with this?

Not with bones -- I'll put extra Null Objects in the chain to control
(say) Pitch while the next object in the chain controls the Pitch and
Bank.  The Humanoid Set does this, too (which is where I got it from...)

I would like the ability to use both World Co-ords and have an automatic
way to avoid Gimbal Lock... Guess that's for later version... <sigh>

...or maybe a plug-in :)

Hope this helps a little...

-- Joe
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