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Orient constraint a bone.
What I want is for the joint to already be orientated to the cone before I apply the constraint so nothing moves out of place. How do I go about changing the local rotation of the joint to a precise value, and how do I find out what that value should be? I can eyeball it but it is not exact, I would like to learn how to make it exact. Oh, also I froze the transforms of the cone so it's axis is in the default position. The image below might help explain this a bit. Thanks a lot.
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1. I had to group the cone to an object I don't care about, such as a null object.
2. I then took this null object, orient constrained it to the joint so it lined up with the joint.
3. I then wrote down the rotational values that the joint caused the null object to rotate.
4. I unconstrained the null object from the joint.
5. Then I rotated the null object the same number of degrees the joint caused it to rotate when it was constrained.
6. Then I orient constrained the joint to the null object, this caused the joint to be constrained but it did not have to rotate to get to the correct orientation.
7. Then I took my cone and made it the parent of the null object, so when I rotate the cone the joint moves as well.
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