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pete142
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Mar 21, 2022 5:45 PM UTC
Question

Bone Tool Goes Crazy

I am trying to use the bone tool. I parent together my limbs, but then when I click to connect certain limbs-- it catapults a bunch of somewhat parented body parts to another part of the screen. No matter what I do I can't practically use the bone tool. Certain layers keep moving without my command, or sometimes vanishing entirely. 

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    Community Expert
    Jun 26, 2024 2:08 PM UTC

    Yeah, the bone tool has always been buggy. You should try the 3rd party plugin smart magnetic rig. 

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    Participant
    Jun 24, 2024 9:57 PM UTC

    Hey @pete142 ...did you ever find a solution to this problem? kindly let me know how if you eventually did get around it..I am having same exact issue

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    n. tilcheff
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    Jun 25, 2024 3:48 AM UTC

    Stay away from the Bone Tool if you want to keep your sanity.

     

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    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
    _keyframer
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    Community Expert
    Mar 21, 2022 10:12 PM UTC

    What version of Animate are you running?

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    pete142
    pete142Author
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    Mar 21, 2022 11:06 PM UTC

    Adobe Animator 22.0.5

     

    I have attached some screenshots. The first one is me using the Bone tool, then it catapults away. The second is trying to save a moving timeline as a symbol and once I do it disjoints it all. Bizarre. I am an amateur though so maybe I am just missing something. Thank you!

     

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    _keyframer
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    Mar 22, 2022 2:43 AM UTC

    Check that the center point is in the EXACT location for each symbol across ALL keyframes. Use the Free Transform tool to check. Let me know.

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