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Howdy,
If your model is all one mesh, you have to restrict the parts to the individual bones with Claude Bonet or Vertex Maps.
It would be better if your model is made up of separate parts and then don’t use bones for the IK, but use the parts themselves. You can rig other objects with Mocca IK, but you need to adjust the axes of those objects and make sure the axis of each object is at the exact pivot point and that the Z axis is pointing to the object’s child object that will be the next object down in the IK chain.
Here is an example video of a mechanical arm with the model parts rigged without using bones:
https://www.cactus3d.com/RobotArm.movAnother way you can do it, is to just attach the model object parts to their respective bone and then don’t fix the bones. That way the objects will just ride piggy back to the bones.
Adios,
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Howdy,
Is this what you are trying to accomplish?
https://www.cactus3d.com/RobotArm.movAdios,
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Howdy,
Hmmm, that sounds odd. Usually when using Vertex Maps and Restriction tags, there needs to be a Restriction tag on every bone, whether or not there is a Vertex Map in the Restriction tag.
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Howdy,
Well, I don’t have anything that I’m allowed to show, but I think Pixel farm has a couple of example files.
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Howdy,
Well, I don’t know about the others, but I bought PF Hoe and it works great; simple and easy to use, and the price was right.
Adios,
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Howdy,
My CD IK Tools plugin has a Spline IK tag that can do the job.
Here’s a tentacle rig test example:
https://www.cactus3d.com/Tentacle.movYou can get more information on CD IK Tools here:
https://www.cactus3d.com/Plugins.htmlAdios,
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Howdy,
Well, you’d use the clamp constraint any time you don’t want an object to go past another object. If you have an animation where you just can’t get the FCurve adjusted to where the one object doesn’t pass through the other, the clamp constraint will do it. Probably the most common use would be for a characters feet so they won’t accidently go through the floor.
Here is an example: https://www.cactus3d.com/FootClamp.mov
In this example the clamp constraint was used on the three points of the foot that will touch the floor (heel, ball and toe). Trying animate a characters foot and keep all three of those points above the floor without a clamp constraint can be time consuming.I’ve set the price at $40 and I’ll be offering discounts for registered users and bundles.
Adios,
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Howdy,
Have you looked at the Interposer plugin?
Adios,
Cactus DanCinema 4D R9 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Howdy,
Another way would be to create a sphere with the right number of subdivisions for your latitude and longitude lines, make it editable, render it separately with the Cel Renderer and use it as a mask to add the lines in a compositing app.
Adios,
Cactus DanCinema 4D R9 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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Howdy,
Did you scale with the Object tool active or the Model tool active?
Adios,
Cactus DanCinema 4D R9 XL Bundle, BodyPaint, Dynamics
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