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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 11:13:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Gross <jgross@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: GOALS in LW????
To: Joe Angell <jangell@risd.edu>
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> Hi, All... I was scanning through my Flyer .94 manual, (the LightWave
> section), on on page 16 of the Layout section, under the Camera menu (under
> the heading CREATING KEYFRAMES) I happened to see something called GOALS.
> The manual said:
>
> "...you could pull on a robots finger and it's arm would follow (as far as ic
> can, of course.)"
>
> Of course. Correct me if I'm wronbg, but isn't this Inverse Kinematics?
> I'm assuming this is something that SHOULDN'T be in the manual, since the
> method of activating it (when editing an object or bone, the TARGET button
> becomes a GOAL button), the GOAL button doesn't appear. My guess is that
> it's for LW 4.0.
>
Yes, you are right, but it has been changed to IK Opts instead as it will
eventually allow for more IK options. IK in 4.0 is very basic, but the
foundation is there...
JG