mirror ik

[madder]

hi, is there a way to mirror a skeleton arm for example, and keep all custom attributes on the mirrored object? eg. i have an arm set up with extra attribs on the ik target to control the hand/finger motions, but when i mirror the arm it looses the attribs, yet when i duplicate it, it is fine, but not what i want....

any ideas appreciated =)

also is there a way of editing the attribute after creation to change, for example, the type from float to integer values??

thanx

Andy@hotgen.com

[hotliver]

Ok, I just tested this with a simple arm with a custom attribute in the IK-handle that effects the hands rotation, so it should work in your situation as well.

1. Make a temporary cube. Be sure it is positioned in the middle of you character.
2. Make the original arm, and it's IK-handle(s) a child of the cube.
3. In Duplicate options, check Duplicate Upstream Graph.
4. Duplicate. This will dupe the cube, and it all it's children (the joints, and IK-handles)
5. With the newly duplicated cube still selected, set it's scaleX to -1 (that is if X is left and right for this character. Otherwise, it's probably Z).
6. Unparent the new arm and it's IK-handles from the cube and make it a child of it's proper parent.

Theoretically, the new arm should be fully functional, with all the attributes, as the original.

I hope this answers your question.

I have no idea how to change the properties of an existing attribute although Axel's replay (6/26/00) to KUBBA's post "Renaming attributes" 6/25/00 may give you a clue.

paul