patch layer not moving with bone when manipulated

[tiatridis]

So just learning Moho after a long absence from back in the anime days. I have two shapes on layers, layer 1 and layer 2 both with a stroke. They are both in a bone layer and each shape has one bone. The shapes have strokes and I want the intersection of them to not show the stroke. So I made a patch layer for the upper layer, targeting the lower layer and move the patch into place like I see in several tutorials. This works however, the patch layer stays put when the bones are manipulated. In the tutorials it moves with the layers when the bones are manipulated just by being placed there over the intersection of the layer shapes. Thing is there's no step in the tutorials I saw so far that indicate the patch layer needs to be bound somehow. Must be missing something obvious! Any suggestions? Thanks so much.

[Daxel]

You usually want to layer-bind the patch layer to the bone that moves the whole limb (the humerus or the femur). Maybe the tutorial used a shortcut and it was hard to notice. It would help to link the tutorial.

[tiatridis]

Hmm. Neither tutorial mentioned the step at all, so much for YouTube videos. One of them said the patch usually moves with the bone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5GNIndNRHg. Kind of old maybe. So the process is to make a patch layer while the top layer is selected and target the bottom layer, then click one the top layer's bone top to select it, choose the patch layer and click bind layer? No that didn't work either. Oy. Can you briefly describe the process? Much appreciated.

[tiatridis]

Ok I see what the issue was. A matter of the sequence of events. You have to click on the tool and then the bone. I had the bone selected and then clicked the tool, which made the screen flash and appeared to be doing something but it was not. Duh. Curiously I did find one tutorial which was very old which showed the proper sequence. The other ones I saw never even mentioned binding which is a crazy thing to leave out.

[Daxel]

Exactly. You know the layer is binded to the bone when the bone's lines look thicker while the binded layer is selected. Maybe the patch was influenced by flexi-binding in previous versions, so it was moved by the bone strenght. I'm not sure.