POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : IK chain question : Re: IK chain question Server Time
3 Jul 2024 01:46:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: IK chain question  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 1 Feb 2002 02:42:18
Message: <3c5a46da@news.povray.org>
Oh, by the way, Lutz,
What does the 'dampen' really do? I have never well understood its
function....

Thomas


"Lutz Kretzschmar" <lut### [at] stmuccom> schreef in bericht
news:s02i5ugnmqr7ovpd54e9tsd76kiuh5n9e4@4ax.com...
> Hi Steve Shelby, you recently wrote in moray.win:
>
> > What adjustments should I make to achieve this?
> On the screen where you specify that the object is part of a CSG (the
> Modify button on the Modify Tab) you can limit the rotation about the
> axis of the axis that are taking part in the IK chain. Limit the
> rotation to, say +- 30 degrees for each joint. Also, you might want to
> make the dampen value smaller (say 0.2), so that the rotation
> propagates down the chain more before the top end elements are
> completely rotated...
>
> It's best to try setting up a chain of say 4 or 5, and then using
> Copy/Paste to duplicate the chain.
>
> - Lutz
>   email : lut### [at] stmuccom
>   Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray


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