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Furry Fury 07-07-2006 11:28 PM

JOINT HELP!!!
 
how do i add a joint coming off of the root joint, that NOT an entirely new joint, but one that inserts a joint into a limb i already have?, the joint after it is a another dual joint so i cant just go to next one..:headbang: :headbang: HELP!!!!

skywola 07-07-2006 11:47 PM

use "shift p" to unparent the joint, then you can add a joint in between and re-parent the joint after.

Furry Fury 08-07-2006 12:21 AM

it not working

i have the root joint at the neck and becuase of that i cant move the Neck:angery:

i also cant move the lower jaw seperate form the upper
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5383/skele7ak.png

skywola 08-07-2006 03:21 AM

Select the joint where the head is, then hold down the shift key and press "p".

That will unparent the joint at the head.

Then you can put one or more joints between them.


Now, when they are in place, select the neck joint you added first, then the root joint(s), and hit the "p" key to parent them to the root joint.

Select the head joint, then the joint you put in and hit "p" again.

The same process will fix the jaw problem.

Furry Fury 09-07-2006 06:14 PM

how do i make the joint ball thing smaller it taking up too much space

skywola 09-07-2006 07:03 PM

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Go here . . .

Furry Fury 09-07-2006 07:44 PM

actually it happened to me just join size not the ik one, but thanks that was a big help:bow: :bow:

Furry Fury 10-07-2006 08:56 PM

ok i have the dog movements mostly working, (well ive only checked the back legs but thats not the point), i have made changes to the rotation limit on on of the back legs and i want to have the same limits on the other leg, is there a quick way to transfer the stats, (the other leg is already made and has skin attached,

im also wonder if there is a quick way to get the entine figure back to resting position (all joint settings at 0)

skywola 11-07-2006 01:35 AM

Not so sure on that, you may want to post it on a new question heading. I do not use the standard method of animation, I am to lazy :attn: to go thru that much work every time I want to animate something! I have a program that I wrote that does all the hard work for you. [Of course if you are intending to work for an animation company, you had best learn the standard method!] If not, you can check out my program here . . .


http://www.simplymaya.com/download_p...tid=6&typeid=4

There is an "install" file that shows how to install it. As soon as they update the download section of this website, I am going to post the final version of the program that includes a bird.

Furry Fury 11-07-2006 03:02 AM

do u know if it will work for 7.0?

skywola 11-07-2006 03:15 AM

My program? Certainly, without a doubt it will work, it is written in MEL, which is Maya's programming language . . . . It should work in nearly every version of Maya, with possible exception of something like Maya 1.0 or something that early, but who in their right mind would be working in something as early as that?

Furry Fury 11-07-2006 03:30 AM

umm should they have have pictures in them?http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5497/blank3im.png

skywola 11-07-2006 03:51 AM

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that is quite easy to fix . . . Go here . . .

skywola 11-07-2006 03:54 AM

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Select the shelf button you want to add the image to . . . .

Then find the icon for that particular one. Do this by hitting the "change Image" button.

skywola 11-07-2006 04:03 AM

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When you get done you should have these three only . . .

The biped, quadraped, and centaur in that particular order. The bird is not in the code you downloaded, I have not officially released the code for it yet.

Any other extra shelves are superfluous, extra, unneeded. Drag-drop to trash can on right upper side.

With the quadraped, you have to set the forward speed to make it move, to get good results, generally, I set the speed to 1, if you think it should be faster or slower, all you have to do is manipulate the setting. I have it set without speed so you can view it in different gaits easily.


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