Prop Pose Preset In Relation to Another Prop

pfunkyfize

Hi all,

I've begun making my first set of props to be used together in a scene and I am wondering how to make a prop posed in relation to a second prop and not to the world center/origin. I am familiar with making a simple pose preset for a single character but not for one that is dependent on a second prop's adjusted positioning in the scene.

Example-

I am creating a Halloween/Vampire themed prop that includes a stone dais as one of the props and a vampire's coffin sitting on the dais as a second prop. I'd like to make a pose preset that places the vampire coffin on top of the stone dais prop regardless where the stone dais is placed into the scene. The artist can move both props as usual by the typical object translations in the parameters tab but I'd like to make a pose preset that moves the coffin on to the dais so that the artist doesn't have to go through the tedium of manually dragging the coffin across the scene, rotating it and then making sure it's right side up before finally placing it on top of the dais should the coffin be somehow moved or separated from the dais.

Thanks for any ideas!

pfunkyfize

Or is this something where I need to DAZ Script a solution by programatically finding the deltas of all the transformations/translations of the two selected props in relation to the original position?

Richard Haseltine

You could model the coffin to stand on the base, or if it's a figure use the root bone (hip equivalent) to place it on the dais, with the dais centred, then use a plaemenmt pose on the figure nodes to move things into different positions withion the scene.

pfunkyfize

Richard Haseltine said:

You could model the coffin to stand on the base, or if it's a figure use the root bone (hip equivalent) to place it on the dais, with the dais centred, then use a plaemenmt pose on the figure nodes to move things into different positions withion the scene.

Thanks Richard, I will give that a shot!