[noob]Bone harness to animate group

bupaje · Post by **bupaje** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:32 am

This is probably not a big deal for you experienced users but it was fun for me to figure out. I was playing with animating a small school of fish and boned the fish then created a seperate bone 'harness' and put all the fish in this. By adjusting the dynamics for the fish bones and for the 'harness' bones and then animated this bone layer and I can see that with a bit of work it would be useful to animate groups of objects like schools of fish, maybe some flying birds, a cluster of leaves blown from a tree. In case my tip isn't clear here is a screen shot and a mov file. Forgive the wobbly animation will work on it some more just trying to get it out before heading out for Thanksgiving dinner.

http://stormvisions.com/moho/myfish4.mov

AcouSvnt · Post by **AcouSvnt** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:12 am

The fact that you're thinking this way -- forgive me for this, "outside the fish" -- is absolutely fantastic.

We all need to "think outside the fish"!

foundmarble · Post by **foundmarble** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:16 am

I agree....I can see this being a huge help in those type of situations.

Kudos.

bupaje · Post by **bupaje** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:38 am

Thanks for the kind words.

Post by **Lost Marble** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:01 pm

Very nice trick. I like the way the fish move together, but not rigidly so - good use of bone dynamics.

Barry Baker · Post by **Barry Baker** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:25 am

Interesting tip, I can see lots of uses for that. Thanks.

mystictune · Post by **mystictune** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:20 am

Thank u