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I am having problems with using smart bones with the eyes and mouth. I built a character in as9, used smart bones. It works great then I added bones for the eyes and mouth I made new bone layers for each and they work well. Until I go back to the main bone layer. When I move the head the eyes and mouth do not move along with. The bone layers are within the main bone layer. Any one have any idea what I've done wrong?

you can't control nested layers. Each bone layer will have to have its own smart bones for its children, then you could use a script to copy and control those bones from the parent (http://www.mikegreen.name/Lscripts.html ... ent_Master)

Best to just put the vector layers you want to effect directly under the bone layer, and not nested into any child groups.

Thanks for the help. I will try the script.

Still struggling. I can't down load scripts on my Mac for some reason. But when I build another bone layer under the main bone layer the don't link together. Example I build a layer for the eyes it doesn't move when I move the head bone.

Use layer binding to link that nested bone layer to a bone of its parent layer.

That's the strange part. I seem to be unable to do that. That would seem like the most logical path. But when I try to bind the layer the bone will not highlight to alow me to bind. You know feels like I am missing something so simple but I just can't find it.

Select the layer you want to bind
Select the "bind layer" tool
Click the bone you want to bind to.

thats what I have done, except when I go to click the bone to bind it is not highlighted so I cant. I'm sure it is user error and something that I am missing in the process. Just cant seem to get around it.
Thanks for your help with this,
Gene

Ok last night I simplified things and it seemed to work better. I think I had too many separate bone layers. I condensed it to two. A main bone layer and in side of that a head layer that controls eyes and mouth. At least it responds with the main bone layer. Thanks for the help.