two axes stuck together.

Aabhnormal

So... I've had this problem for nearly 20 years and I'm a) shocked no one else has ever had this problem and b) surprised it has moved from Poser to Daz3d...  

I use the fine adjustment wheels (Or on Daz the sliders) almost exclusively to fine tune my poses.  And some times I'll get this problem:  Two of the 3 axes will do the exact same thing (See attached).  Sometimes it's the X and Y Axes, sometimes it's the Y and Z axes, etc.

This has been happening since Poser 4. Naturally I have upgraded my computers a number of times since 1999, it's not limited to my "Primatives" directory (I've had arms or legs which can only "Twist" and "Forward-Back" but "Bend" is the same as "Twist")  It's moved from Poser to Daz3D, and every incarnation since then...  It's completely random (As in, it's not always the same object), but it DOES stay when the file is closed and shut down and Daz Studio is reloaded (As in: Closing the program and restarting does not solve this problem).  The only way to solve it is to delete the character or object and reload it.

Any ideas?  I mean, I've been dealing with it since the beginning of Poser so I can just keep on keeping on... but I'd love to hear if I have somehow had a setting wrong this entire time.

 

Thanks! :) 

Richard Haseltine

It's called gimbal lock and is not limited to Poser/DS. If you use the on-screen gizmos you can alter the coordinate system in Tool Settings. Another option is to parent the item to a null and use the null fr one axis and the item's own rotations for the other two.

Aabhnormal

Gotcha.  Thank you. :) For some reason D/S keeps turning off the on-screen gizmos.  It took me a little while to figure out how to turn them back on, but I've got it now.  That works. I hope some day they clear the gimble lock, though!  In the meantime, I'll just keep using the gizmos.