What you are probably looking for are point and orient constrain (Animation menu, Constrain>Point/Orient), make sure "Maintain Offset" is unchecked in their options, you can delete the constrain node after your controller shape is in place.
Answer = hold shift at same time you begin mmb drag and it constrains to the suggested axis direction If you click the box in the middle of manipulator, you can move selection in camera space. If you click the red arrow, you move constrained to the x axis only. Does anybody know a way that you could move in camera space,…
Hi Do any of you know how to constrain a bone to a vert in an editable poly object in Max? I don't even know what to look for or what it would be called in the help file. Thanks!
Hey so I starting using maya 2009 at home and quickly realized I can no longer hit w to reset the move tool if I have constrained it to an access. Fucking pisses me off. For example, in 2008 I would select a cube, middle mouse drag and it would not be constrained to anything, then if I dragged on one access it would…
one end is constrained to a stationary object, and the other end has a hydraulic pump to adjust to distance and its constrained to a moving object (which moves around) so basically i want to know how to rig the hinge thing as seen in the pic above.
Thanks for your answer, monster. About the locator: if I parent constrain it to the hand joint, so that it will follow the arm movement, and then parent constrain sword to the locator, won't I get a cycle error?