lock limbs together

jerickson_jel

I have searched the internet for a solution to this but everytime come up with something that I dont know how to do or nothing at all.

I have a character that I want to be able to move the right (or left) leg and have the other leg follow exactly.  Now I know this is easily done by cicking on both bones and using the bend manipulators but what about when there is an animation preset applied?  I want the 2 legs to stay together but be able to bend while the other leg follows 100% any ideas?

 

ps. somebody mentioned that the 2 limbs could be linked together using the property editor but I cannot figure out how to do that exact task.

 

Thanks

 

Richard Haseltine

If you are willing to pose one side and update the other after the fact you can use the Symmetry script - shift-y. Assuming it's the whole pose you want, set Nodes to Root (so it starts at the base), Propagation to Recursive (so it then goes through all the bones attached to the base), direction as needed (side you posed to side you want changed to match) and probably Trunk Nodes to Leave alone.