Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Question on Motion Trails

Hey when I have a motion trail up can it update the motion trail from the rotating or not? Or does the motion trail only update from translating?
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  1. UnknownJune 19, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    Hi Tony,
    Motion trails are calculated based upon the translation of a given control's pivot point. So when an object rotates about its pivot, you see no change on the motion trail. To track the rotation of a control, you need to track something further out in the hierarchy to see the affect of the rotation. An example would be tracking the nose control to see the rotation of the head, or tracking the fk elbow to see the arc generated by the upper arm.

    ~Joe

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    1. Tony (Kat) LuchaJune 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM

      Thanks Joe. I was checking the motion trail of the upper arm FK and it wasn't changing. Thanks for the tip.

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