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ssentity
08-08-2003, 09:27 AM
Hi i recently lofted a circle and then used the Deformation>scale tool to make a leg for my creature. I then added a edit mesh to play with it a bit and put on a skin modifier. I went animation>createbones and then made the bone structure for my leg. I went back into my loft object skin modifier panel and added the bones to it. Now i should be able to grab a bone and it will move the boject. I have done this with a lathe object and it worked fine but no matter how many times i try with my loft object it just doesnt seem to work!!?? Can this be done can you use bones with a loft object?

Also i have tried collpasing my loft into a editable spline then putting a skin on and adding the bones, but still it does not work :S

Thx for your time :)

Oh i also went into my loft objects "object properties" and ticked the on/off box.. still doesnt work :S
DanielWichterich
08-08-2003, 09:55 AM
maybe you should not try to collapse your loft to an editable spline, but to an editable mesh.
good luck! :thumbsup:
ssentity
08-08-2003, 10:38 AM
Yea sorry i meant a editable mesh just mixed up my words.
victor throe
08-08-2003, 11:29 AM
boject


what a fantastic word


i shall make it my mission to use that word at some point today


"he is able to boject his armpit smell for several yards"
ssentity
08-08-2003, 12:45 PM
WoW that was an extremly helpful comment!! :D
DanielWichterich
08-08-2003, 01:10 PM
ok, I think when you have collapsed it down to a mesh it does not matter what the object has been in an earlier life (a loft). i guess the problem is the skin modifier or the bone. try if you can reproduce your problem when you use some standard mesh (let's say: a box?).
victor throe
08-08-2003, 01:36 PM
who said sarcasm doesnt carry in text?!
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