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Solution to the "Dog and Leash" Problem?

Ryselle-RyssaRyselle-Ryssa Posts: 146
in Daz Studio Discussion

Hi!

Sorry for the cryptic title, but nothing better crossed my mind.

Following scenario: Person walks dog on a leash. Leash is a rigged figure with a IK-Chain. One end is attached to the persons hand, the other to the dog collar.

Problem: With hierarchy, the leash only has one "anchor" - either "Right Hand" or "Dog Collar". For examples sake, lets assume I have attached the leash to the hand and posed it to "hit" the dogs collar. If I correct the pose of the person, the hole leash moves with it, thus not alinging with the dogs collar anymore. Same with the dog, if I change, for example, its pose. A half workaround is pinning the last piece of leash, so at least there is one fix point that doesn't move, but since this point is a world-coordinate and not in relation to the dog, a movement of the dog still "disconnects".

Question: Is there a solution around this?

Special case: If the dog leash is realized as a simple 2D-plane with enough polygons, I could see a dForce+Magnet-Simulation work, but this wouldn't work if one replaced the leash with a chain.

Comments

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206

    DAZ studio lacks tracking sadly, this is relatively easy to do in a number of other softwares 

    you really can only keyframe it or make a dforce leash

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,833

    That is not correct - Daz Studio now has parentable IK targets, so you could have one of the target and the figure's root attached to the dog collar and have the other attached to the walker's hand

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,833

    That is not correct - Daz Studio now has parentable IK targets, so you could have one of the target and the figure's root attached to the dog collar and have the other attached to the walker's hand

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206

    interesting 

  • Ryselle-RyssaRyselle-Ryssa Posts: 146

    Richard Haseltine said:

    That is not correct - Daz Studio now has parentable IK targets, so you could have one of the target and the figure's root attached to the dog collar and have the other attached to the walker's hand

    Oh, I have a look at this soon. Thank you :-) 

  • Ryselle-RyssaRyselle-Ryssa Posts: 146

    Where do I find IK-Chain targets?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,833

    Create>New IK Chain with the bones selected

  • Ryselle-RyssaRyselle-Ryssa Posts: 146

    Hi! Thank you, solved ♥

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