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rhythmone
02-21-2003, 10:15 PM
I must be missing something.... is there an easy way to find out what my contraint targets are.

I select an object in the perp view.
I see it in the channel box.
I see the constraint listed under "Shapes"

but how can I quickly see what the constraint target is?
sp0rk3d
02-21-2003, 10:45 PM
click on the output of the object labeled pointConstraint..... then scroll down a little in the channel box..... you will see... a list of attrs on the bottom..... that has....

nodeState..... normal
offsetX........... 0
offsetY........... 0
offsetZ........... 0
"target constraint here" "wieght of constrain here"


you can have multiple constraints on one object ie a shpere constrained to two locators you can adjust the value of the weight to make the shpere follow one or the other or both....

hope this helps..... :)
rhythmone
02-21-2003, 10:52 PM
ahhhh..... I had the channel box set to "short" names.... which doesn't display the target name, only the "WO".

I still find it odd that it isn't listed in the Attribute Editor
mark_wilkins
02-21-2003, 10:59 PM
It is in the Attribute Editor, under the "Extra Attributes" tab at the bottom.

-- Mark
mark_wilkins
02-21-2003, 11:01 PM
Of course, the easiest way to find out the constraint targets for a given constraint is to select the constraint node in the hypergraph and hit "up and downstream connections." The target[n] inputs are the targets.

-- Mark
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