Can't go to bind pose

[vincenzol]

when i finished smooth binding and reverse foot lock,pole vector,i want go to bind pose but maya say

Error: Pose not achieved. See diagnostics in Script Editor.
i think maya can't go to bind pose with ik or constraint,but i still want go to bind pose all over my

animation,how can i do,thanx.

[gnimmel]

Because of IK handles, constraints etc. after building a fully working rig you normaly can't get back to bind pose.
To get around this you can turn on and off things like constraints or ik handles by using Modify->Evaluate Nodes. If you switch this to Ignore all, you should be able to get back to bind pose.

Richard

[vincenzol]

i have used this method but when i turn evaluate all,my pose go back again,i must turn ignore all and

move rtf joint to right place and turn evaluate all,my pose will absoloutely go to bing pose,if i use

this method every time i will lose my pose far far awary,is this the right method or another way to got

this,thank you every much.

[warpcat]

You can always just delete the bind pose node....

[gnimmel]

Bind pose is really only needed when you are altering the rig, but from your last post it seems like you are trying to get to it while animating?

Please explain a little more of what you are trying to do.

Richard

[vincenzol]

i have finished my rig and do the anim,i found my weight map is not perfect when do some pose,i adjust weight map and use mirror weight,but the weight map is not mirrored but bind pose.

[gnimmel]

I see you problem, because you want to test your new weights with existing animation keys, it's a pain in the butt to keep switching back and fourth from bind pose to your keyframes?

Normaly a character would be referenced into a scene, and so the weighting wouldn't be done as you are animating, but tested first. I do all my testing before I build the controls on the basic FK skeleton.

However, to make this a little easier for you, you could make 2 simple shelf buttons, GotoBind and LeaveBind.

//GotoBind
DisableAll;
select -r joint1; // Change joint1 to a joint in your skeleton
gotoBindPose;

//LeaveBind
EnableAll;

Copy the above scripts to your script editor and drag them to 2 shelf buttons. When you want to paint weights run the first script, which will put the skeleton into bindpose for you. To turn back on the controls, run the second script.

Richard

[girlgeek]

Would you tell me how to delete the bind pose node??

[gnimmel]

just type

delete bindPose1

and hit Enter in the script editor or the command line. Your bindpose name might be different (bindPose1 is the default for the first bind) so if this doesn't work, select a joint and it will have a connection to the bind pose so you can find the name.

Richard