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constraint confusion!
In Maya 2009 Unlimited I've built my polygon biped character, given him joints and orientated them all, given him IK handles and now am merely trying to make a couple of foot controllers. I have got one working normally for the character's left foot, but I can't seem to get the right foot controller to stop shifting the leg position every time I hit the Point or Orient constrain menu. Seems like even if I freeze the transformations on the controller it still sends the leg shooting over somewhere. I've tried adding negative values to those which the leg moves to the controller, but it isn't really ideal and the motion seems to be juddery when I do that. Why would it work on one side of the Z axis and not the other? Has anyone come across this before?
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Because all the transformations are set to 0. You should be able to move the circle to where you need it to be, than freeze the transformations of the circle, than constrain your group to it. That should prevent your leg from shooting out in an odd direction.Originally posted by stretchandgrim
....if I create a curves Nurbs circle on the grid, don't move it anywhere and then immediately constrain it to the foot group, it works. WHy can't I make the circle and move it before constraining it?
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If you're already doing that though, I'm not sure what to suggest.
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