Tendril that bends any direction?

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Hi all,

I have a pretty simple tendril that I want to bend towards a pole target. I tried this with the IK constraint, but it doesn’t really give me the desired results, as the IK constraint will rotate armature to face the pole target. I don’t really want anything to rotate, I just want to have control over the direction it bends towards.

https://gfycat.com/mammothlimitedfinch

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How about this?

anybend.blend (881.2 KB)

I don’t use a pole target at all. Instead, I make a parent for the chain and damped track a marker. 30 frames of animation to demonstrate.

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Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!