Posing - example - hula hoop

Support Animation and Rigging
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Greetings.

I would like to do the following:

  1. Put character into Pose mode
  2. “Lock” the character’s feet in place
  3. Pose the character several times
  4. Unlock the feet
  5. Return to Object mode

Here is an example - her feet never move:

hoopnotica

Thanks.

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This is what a root bone is for- no need to lock the character in place, as they are already locked in place if your armature has a root bone :slight_smile:

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But…

Since the feet are connected to the legs, and they are connected to the pelvis or hips… if I pose the hips the feet move.

Or… am I missing something?

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Use IK for your bones on your legs. That is what it is for.

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I don’t want the legs to move… I want the hips to move and the feet and ankles to stay in place. The legs would be at an angle , but not change location.

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If you have IK legs and move the hips, the feet will stay in place

7

Hmmm…

Tried a few things no luck.

Here’s the bones. Could you take a look? Thanks

hulaTest.blend (163.5 KB)

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Best for you to go through the Humane Rigging tutorials. You have your location locks, bone and root parenting set up wrong and your IK constraint set up wrong. Take some time to learn how to set up your bone chains and your armature for what you want to do. Not trying to be mean or anything but your not going to do anything but frustrate yourself with that rigging.

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That rigging was generated in MakeHuman.

I tried a few ideas with locks, parenting, etc. … but thought I would turn to “the experts at BA” for advice.

Thanks for your input.

I’m pretty good with arms and hands

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I finally had one of those moments where I said out loud “OH! Now I get it !”

I now understand the difference between an “Armature” and a “Rigged .Armature”.

I had an armature and I added an IK constraint to the feet, expecting that to work. BUT, THERE’S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN THAT".

I discovered it quite by accident when I was posing a fully rigged MakeHuman character. He is sitting at a table in a diner. I wanted him to lean forward - and figured that I would have to adjust his hands. But they stayed in place.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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