Aim At Constraint

#1

Hey guys,
I have been playing around with rigging a bit in EI (a personal project) and have a problem with Aim at constraint.
Basically, I cant get a bone(lengthwise) to aim at a null. I know that this has to do with axis orientation but not sure what to change to solve this.
the setup for simplicity sake, a null at say is roughly in the center of the world grid but high off the ground plane.
then a bone anywereyou want and select the aim at constraint. It doesnt point the bone, lenght wise at the null.
But if I use another object, say a cone, it points directrly at the target wth no fussing…
what am I missing here?
I have been using the Auto Look constraint but it has always bothered me that I have not been able to use the “aim at” for this sort of thing.

#2

Did you try to adjust the Aim vector in the Constraints dialog? It seems to work here as expected.

#3

Atlantis! thank you sir! You know I feel like I tried every combo possible in that dialog box but I somehow kept doing it wrong, probably impatiently! Ha.

Thanks again
Mike Fitz

#4

You’re welcome.

#5

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