Wanting hands of one character to rest on hips of another

[DruG]

Aux Effectors will do the trick. Create it and then parent or constrain it to the hips.

[Bipdiddly]

Thanks - that is exactly what I'm after. However...

1) At one point the hands need to come off the hips for a few seconds and this seems best achieved by simply keying Reach to zero when needed (in Selection mode). Agreed? Not sure if 2) is related to this...

2) When I plot the character onto skeleton, key stance and then export (.bvh), when I go back to work on the character and plot to control rig, the parenting seems not to be working anymore, though the Auxiliary Effector is still there.

Any suggestion?
Thanks
Bip

[Bipdiddly]

Ah, i think i've solved it by adding constraints to the character... mmmm. Finger crossed.

Bip

[mlager8]

Yes parent constrain your hand effector to the root effector and key the weight of the constraint off when the hand needs to rise off the hips.

[bclark]

aux controls will work best.

once you plot to the skeleton, if you want to keep editing/adjust more just turn back on the control rig, no need to plot again.

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