Timothy R. Cook scribis news:3BF06018.5A563507@scifi-fantasy.com:
> Inverse Kinematics is a method wherein (since we're talking about
> walking, I'll use a leg as example) you move the foot to its end
> position, and everything that's attached to it (attempts to) move
> appropriately.  Forward Kinematics is where you move each part
> manually, i.e. upper leg is fixed at hip move knee relative to hip,
> then ankle location relative to knee, then foot relative to ankle.
> (Hear the word of the Lord!)
> 
> AFAIK, FK is what POV/Moray has.  Poser has IK as an option when
> positioning arm/leg, but it's kinda funky because just moving
> your foot doesn't take into consideration HOW you're moving your
> leg.  It just does the simplest 'point B is the average of A and
> C' construct (I think...).
> 

Thanks to both of you who answered. Now I can start to think about seetting 
up some form of posing system for the manniquins that I use.

-- 
Gis posta, Arto.

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