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peterwoodsy
02-03-2006, 01:06 AM
Hi ya'll,

This is a file i've been playing about with for a IK/Fk rig for an arm its sorta working but not what i want to do is have the ik target folow the rotation of the top controller but then when you rotate/translate down with the top controller the ik target stays where it is.

Bit of a complicated rig but will be worth it in the long run if I can get it to work, if someone with rigging knowledge could take a look and possibly come up with a solution it would be great.

Cheers Pete
coolwizj
02-16-2006, 07:35 AM
hmm... well, it'd be great if someone could figure this out... For SO long, I've been trying to figure out how to make a stable way of ik/fk switching in blender.... but it seems like it isn't possible.... I just wish that someone could prove me wrong... anyways, hope someone could figure it out sometime....
Zenitor
02-16-2006, 01:02 PM
http://gallery.mudpuddle.co.nz/albums/Noodle/boneobj.sized.jpg

I'm no expert, just experimenting :) just a couple of ideas:
in the new builder you can represent bones with any object, giving you the nla power,
my new rig (http://gallery.mudpuddle.co.nz/view_album.php?set_albumName=Noodle) "better" it's a blend file not a movie, just click to download, 184kb.

This has a workable ik arm, place hand were you want then orientate elbow with target ball :) , (hmm for fk you could parent the hand controllers to a master ie the shoulder master or a second upper body master)
With this rig the only problem is with the track to the elbow target you need to think about the possition in 2 planes eg move it back or forward in side view ocassionally for to avoid bindingup, not a biggy
peterwoodsy
02-17-2006, 09:27 PM
hi expermented a bit on the lines you were on about have a look at the file attatched to this post sorts works :)

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=316076

hope this helps :)

What i'd really love to do is find a python programmer so we could set up some sort of parametric rigging.

Along the lines of the setup machime for Maya,AM etc.
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