Two controls, Different Nodes, Controlling One Attribute

[dwalden74]

Doesn't sound too hard, although this may end up rather confusing for the animator. After you set up the IKFK arm
(with IKFK blend attribute on some node), you'll have to set up another "switch" that controls this IKFK blend attribute. This switch can be in the form of an expression, utility node, whatever, and would take inputs from the 2 different control objects' attributes, and would output to the IKFK blend attribute. I might do it with a blendTwoAttr node, for example.

Only problem is (from the animator's standpoint), not only do you now have to worry about switching between IK and FK (which is already a pain in the neck), but you also have to worry about *which control node* is controlling the IKFK blend...

Hope this helps a bit...

:beer:
David

[cgcreator]

Thanks for the help...

I would like it if both of the control nodes to be able to control it equally... both nodes would have the same number in them controlling the switch. Like if you change the attribute on the hand to “1”, the one the character circle would now be “1” too and if you change the one of the character circle back to “0” the one on the hand would change back as well. That way I can have a master control on the character circle along with one on the wrist that I can change on the fly and one would change the other to match.

[dwalden74]

Yeah, I hear ya', but that's the big bugger in Maya....no cycles!!! :banghead:

-d

[ajk48n]

The attrFieldSliderGrp command will link a slider group with another attribute, and they will both affect each other. As far as I know they have to be in a window, but there may be another way to use them. Run this, and see how it works:

string $objectName[] = `sphere`;
window;
columnLayout;
attrFieldSliderGrp -attribute ($objectName[0]+".translateX") -min -10 -max 10 -label ($objectName[0] + " Translate X");

showWindow;

[cgcreator]

Thanks alot that is a great idea. ill see what i can do with it.

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