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My puppet has a drinking problem.

Community Beginner ,
Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

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I've created a puppet holding a drink. Is there a way to rig the arm so that his wrist doesn't rotate with the arm? I'd like him to be able to raise his arm without pouring his drink.

 

In the screenshot below, you can see the cup is rotating as he moves his hand closer to his face. The goal is to keep the opening of the cup facing upward at all times.

hand-orientation-sample.png

 

Any ideas? I'm sure someone has probably already solved a similar issue, but my search didn't yield anything useful.

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LEGEND , Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

Fun artwork!

 

I moved the dragger for the right wrist over the arm artwork and it started working for me (and no, I don't know why, but it works!)

alank99101739_0-1651103097543.png

 

Also, on the Head layer, I suggest removing the handle you added with the "Head" tag and add the "Head" tag (in the properties panel) to the origin of the Head layer. It reduced strange warping of the head.

alank99101739_1-1651103198592.png

 

 

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LEGEND ,
Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

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Try making the hand and cup independent, use "Attach To" Auto and connect it to the arm, but make the attachment type "Hinge" instead of the default "Weld".

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Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

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Thanks for responding!

It's almost there. I made the hand and cup independent and attached it to the draggable wrist using hinge. The orientation remains vertical, but now the hand/cup is distorting based on its position. (see GIF below)

 

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Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

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It appears that something is distorting the mesh. Take a look at the rig with mesh view turned on and see if you can spot the problem.

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LEGEND ,
Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

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yeah - maybe try adding the "Draggable" tag to the origin for example instead of having a separate handle? (Funny it does not get narrower as well...)

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Apr 27, 2022 Apr 27, 2022

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Nothing looks out of the ordinary. I'm attaching the puppet file, in case someone can spot something I've missed.

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LEGEND ,
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Fun artwork!

 

I moved the dragger for the right wrist over the arm artwork and it started working for me (and no, I don't know why, but it works!)

alank99101739_0-1651103097543.png

 

Also, on the Head layer, I suggest removing the handle you added with the "Head" tag and add the "Head" tag (in the properties panel) to the origin of the Head layer. It reduced strange warping of the head.

alank99101739_1-1651103198592.png

 

 

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Thank you! Yeah, I got it working too, after moving the wrist tag off of the cup and hand. I think it was being affected by the IK. Works perfectly now! Thanks for the tip about the head tag, too!

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