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Four Simple Questions?

HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
edited December 1969 in Poser Discussion

Hi

asked this at RDNA but no joy yet so I thought I would ask here as well - hope this doesn't put anyone off.

My questions:

I wondered if there is an align tool in poser so I can easily align one object with another in xyz co-ords?.

Can I change the hot point of an object (ie centre of rotation) in Poser?

Sometimes I click on the View Object Button and the object vanishes out of view (must be behind camera etc). I wondered how to get around this?

The quickest way to get to the Pose Camera?

sorry if they are stupid questions!

thanks in advance :)

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  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,819
    edited December 1969

    The rotation center can easily be changed in the Joint Editor, found on the Window menu.

    To get to the Posing camera, hit ctrl-comma (,) Ctrl-M will return to the Main Camera...

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited June 2013

    WandW said:
    The rotation center can easily be changed in the Joint Editor, found on the Window menu.

    To get to the Posing camera, hit ctrl-comma (,) Ctrl-M will return to the Main Camera...

    Thanks WandW, appreciate your quick reply.

    So silly question number 5, if the object is not rigged, I am guessing that the joint Editor will not help?
    So any way of changing the hot Point in a simple unrigged mesh or primitive?

    An easy example of workflow I would like to do would be:

    I have a human figure I want to place an object in the hand of - say a stick.
    I want to be able to drop the stick into the scene, select the stick and the hand and have their hotpoints aligned with an align tool or similar.

    (Then I would make the stick the child of the hand in the hierarchy)

    I then would like to change the hot point of the stick so that it is at one end (the end in the hand), and when I rotate the stick afterwards the stick will rotate from that point and not, for example, it's centre.

    I was wondering what the best way to do this was?

    I have searched for an align tool in poser and have only found other people asking the same question, but no real answers.

    Post edited by Headwax on
  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,819
    edited December 1969

    head wax said:
    WandW said:
    The rotation center can easily be changed in the Joint Editor, found on the Window menu.

    To get to the Posing camera, hit ctrl-comma (,) Ctrl-M will return to the Main Camera...

    Thanks WandW, appreciate your quick reply.

    So silly question number 5, if the object is not rigged, I am guessing that the joint Editor will not help?


    You are guessing wrong... ;) just select the prop and you can drag the origin where ever you wish. In fact, at least in PP2014, you can change the origin of a prop using the Origin parameter dials.

    I'm afraid I can't help you on the other stuff I just eyeball alignments with the orthogonal cameras, so if there is an easier way, I'd like to know it too... :)

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited June 2013

    Thanks once again WandW,

    I actually printed out the manual but I spend so much time doing 3d at the moment that I haven't had a chance to read it all yet (only 578 pages to go :) )

    I did print out the shortcut cards on good card but the fonts are so small you cant actually read them on A4 !

    Thanks for the data on the origin parameter. I wouldn't have found that for another week at least !
    As far as aligning objects, one plug n person said one of his scripts would almost do it...

    I'll go looking for it and if I dig it up I'll let you know (smiley here)

    cheers from Oz :)

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited December 1969

    ah here it is, Ockham, I am a thickhead, it looks like the second script on the page night do it

    http://ockhamsbungalow.com/Python/

    original thread here

    http://forum.runtimedna.com/showthread.php?18632-Align-Tool-for-Poser-like-DS&highlight=align+objects

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,819
    edited June 2013

    HEy, that's great! :D I'm always looking to move point and spot lights into fixtures, so this should be a real timesaver! Thanx for digging that up.

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited December 1969

    WandW said:
    HEy, that's great! :D I'm always looking to move point and spot lights into fixtures, so this should be a real timesaver! Thanx for digging that up.

    pleasure :) thanks for your help too (insert smiley here)

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