Terrific! That seems to do it right that way, thanks for the answer.
I should have thought to try selecting the whole thing myself.  At first though
I was fumbling with the whole model selected and trying to move it, and of
course it wouldn't (IK that is).  Then I selected only the end part to be moved
afterward and everything goes as planned, it's great.  Multiple movements and
all.
I found now that 'Cubic' is going to be a tough thing to get right because it
wants to make those spline-like motions but 'linear' is perfect it seems.

Thanks again for going to the trouble of answering.  Don't know what you have in
mind to "correct" this but if it will mean not having to select the whole model,
set keyframe, and select intended IK end piece, then that would be all the more
user-friendly.  I just don't have a clue as to how you made that plugin in the
first place  ;-)

Bob

"Alexander Enzmann" <xan### [at] mitreorg> wrote in message
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| I believe there may be a workaround - it appears if you select the
| entire object (not just the bottom thing you are manipulating with IK),
| then force the key, you should get the proper interpolation.  If you are
| doing things the way you ought to (moving the slider and wiggling the
| end of the IK chain), the bug I described will cause problems just like
| you describe.
|
| Another thing that ought to help (with the current version) is when
| setting the very first key, select the entire object before setting the
| key.  That way when you move the slider it won't pick up the incorrect
| interpolation type from the root of the object (which by default is
| step).
|
| I'll try to get corrected code posted in a day or so.
|
| Xander
|
| Bob Hughes wrote:
| >
| > "Alexander Enzmann" <xan### [at] mitreorg> wrote in message
| > news:38A94820.5F8014BB@mitre.org...
| > | An apparent bug (introduced in the last beta or so) is that if you force
| > | a key (using Set|Object) doesn't properly propagate the
| > | step/linear/cubic down into the subobjects.  this, I believe, is what is
| > | causing your problems.
| >
| > Thanks for the semi-confirmation of the problem (but no thanks :-))
| > I still can get a perfectly fine animation with just the first and last
frames
| > set but nothing right for in-between keyframes even if only moving the
slider
| > and repositioning the model (with IK).  If what you're saying is that this
| > should be possible then I'm not able to; that was mainly what I wanted to
find
| > out, if it were even intended in the first place or whether I was asking it
to
| > do too much.
| > I'm continuing to try with the official Moray 3.2 that was just released and
| > seeing no difference in it yet.
| > Will let you know if I encounter any success.
| >
| > Bob

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