CGTalk - Armatures setup

Zoogie

12-13-2003, 08:25 PM

Hi,
a couple of newbie questions.
I am trying out the armature tool to control a character. Unfortunately , whenever I switch from setup to animate, the position of the armatures changes. ie jump around the screen. What am I doing wrong. I want them to stay in the same place in the viewport. In the armatures video, I dont see that happen.

A similar thing happens sometimes when I try to setup bones and then switch to animate tab. One or two bones may move around slightly. Is there a setting somewhere I am missing?
Thanks

mg3d

12-14-2003, 11:30 AM

You might have a keyframe set on the bones that are moving. Try selecting the bones individually and go to your motion block and click the reset "all" button.

that should take care of it.
:beer:
-mG

(side note: sometimes with IK, the bones might pop ever so slightly when going from setup to animate mode)

Zoogie

12-16-2003, 04:31 PM

That took care of it.
So now I reset as soon as I test a bone, then theres no snapping.

Thanks for the tip.

I believe the same thing may be happening with the armatures. I will try it out and see.

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