Locator axis HELP URGENT PLEASE

[user_deleted]

I have created a locator and then parent it to an ikHandle. Now the problem is that the axis of the locator is not correct, then I try to rotate it with the local axis. The local axis is rotated, but when I return in Object Type to move it the arrow for translate is again rotated. What axis I need to rotate for adjust it?

Thanks

Enrico

[goldrake]

hi enrico,

not sure if i understood your problem, but try this:

1. select your locator.
2. go to Display --> Component Display --> Local Rotation Axes. that displays the local axes.
3. select the move tool from the drop down menu and click on the options box (Modify --> Transformation Tools --> Move Tool --> click on the options box).
4. if "world" is selected, select "object" instead. that should allow you to move the locator along its local axes.

hope that helps.

[user_deleted]

It's work, thank you. But when I need to move other objects I need to return always to the world setting?

Enrico

[goldrake]

yeah. a little inconvenient.

[goggle]

I, too, got tired of returning to the move tool option box to toggle between world and local axes. So i wrote this little script that makes a good shelf button.

int $wurldObjekt = manipMoveContext -q -mode Move;

if ($wurldObjekt == 0)
{
manipMoveContext -e -mode 2 Move;
manipRotateContext -e -mode 1 Rotate;
}

if ($wurldObjekt == 2)
{
manipMoveContext -e -mode 0 Move;
manipRotateContext -e -mode 0 Rotate;
}

Messy code, I'll admit but it serves my purposes. Also, as you can see, toggles between world and local for rotation axes.

-James

[user_deleted]

Many Thanks

Enrico