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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: saijeehiguchi on June 11, 2009, 01:12:02 pm

Title: Question about Figure editor
Post by: saijeehiguchi on June 11, 2009, 01:12:02 pm

I have been with anim8or for a while, and today I was working of a figure, and started to ask myself if there was any possible easier way to make sure the model is perfectly symmetrical, building a set of bones for one side, and then for another can get get finely inaccurate... Especially with more complex bone structures.

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: Ratticis on June 11, 2009, 09:45:23 pm

Do one half than mirror it. This gives you tha basics of mirroring
http://www.geocities.com/elimar48/tutorials/mirror/tutorial.html (http://www.geocities.com/elimar48/tutorials/mirror/tutorial.html)

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: RudySchneider on June 11, 2009, 10:27:22 pm

Ratticis ---
I believe saijeehiguchi's concern was directed at boning, not modeling.  To the best of my knowledge, Anim8or does not yet allow you to mirror bone setups, which would be really beneficial.

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: Ratticis on June 11, 2009, 11:21:59 pm

Sorry, my bad. And i agree that mirring bones would make like soooo much easier

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: saijeehiguchi on June 12, 2009, 11:29:47 am

I heard that Glanville had already made a mirror thing for the next version of anim8or... But I've not a clue when that's coming out...

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: floyd86 on June 12, 2009, 02:17:25 pm

Quote from: saijeehiguchi on June 12, 2009, 11:29:47 am

I heard that Glanville had already made a mirror thing for the next version of anim8or... But I've not a clue when that's coming out...

Indeed. Steve is working on mirroring tools. Not completly sure if he's also working on mirroring in figure mode.

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: johnar on June 12, 2009, 09:24:26 pm

 saijeehiguchi.

 Do you realise that by double clicking on the bone itself, you can then manually enter the values of both length and radius of the bone.



 

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: neodelito on June 13, 2009, 03:00:59 am

yep... double clicking on ANY bone itself.... is alot of work... but works..
(for Steven.. you see the milkshape bone animation system.. is moooore easy, you can do that pliiiiiisss...)

Title: Re: Question about Figure editor
Post by: Ratticis on June 13, 2009, 05:21:39 am

It's a pain in the but though, especially if you have the bones at any kind of an angle. I know it's been said before, but it would be nice to be able to select multiple bones at once and set their size, rotation, ect