Question about morph limits (newbie)

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Morphs are essentially vertex deltas, in space that move linearly using standard formulas like

p0+(p0-p1)*t or (1-t)*p0+ t*p1

p0 and p1 being your vectors and t a value being [0,1] this being 1st order. Quadratic being 2nd and cubic/bezer 3rd order. This is important to know because, its all about interpolation of arbitary values.

When you hit a position of c, you additively adding b and c together. A and B being a delta from the origin so for example.

a = 0 - 50
b = 0 - 60

when you hit c, a maybe at 30 and b at 20 so you have combined deltas. There are ways to fix this, but it involves vector transforms, to essentially back transform vector position to get the desired result know as "combination morphs' You build a morph (delta), that when laid ontop of two other combined morphs fixes the result.

Now this is a little tricky as you can either model it by hand, or devise a script that handles the math. What your doing is adding up both the poses, devising the pose you want and generating the "combination' morph. This combination can look completely mashed, but in combination with the other two fixes the morphs.

You need to write some expressions that take into account the min/max values of the combination like:

If (min(a,b)>max(a,b) then min(a,b)+cf else 0 ) something like that.

Btw it gets very complicated, when you start having more and more blends, for 2 morphs you need say 1. for 3 you need 6.. for say 6 you need a possible 35 combinations..


clamp exists in max its called 'limit' and its a controller.

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