How can I set the rotation of one the joint for only 2 axis?
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hello!
I want to rig this earring. The. problem is, that the stars are turning always 360 degree around in the x axis. I don't want that, because it should act like a natural earring. I hope you can help me out!!!
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Hi nose-snow,
Orient your Joint axis, preferably that the Z axis points to the end; this should help. Perhaps Freeze the Joint's PSR and use only the two axes not pointing into Z to rotate.
I typically can't work from images nor see any information in the scene. I need a c4d file. Anything else is guessing and not something very useful. Guessing or answering from memory leads mostly to wasting your time; there is nothing that I like that you have to endure.
I'm happy to take a look at your file.
Cheers
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Hello!!
Thank you so much for answering!!
I will post a Wetransfer link, where I upload my cinema 4d File!!https://we.tl/t-lRr5J6JSEJ
Warm greetings from Hamburg, Annika
I Don't know why I am "Nose-snow".
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Thanks for the file, nose-show (No idea either, but you can change that)
The IK chain that you have set up misses the Pole, which can be used to rotate the Chain. The Target (Ziel) is the main object to move anything besides the Pole in IK mode. The Joints are not touched when in IK mode.
If you want to rotate the joints, go into the IK tag and use the IK/FB slider to move it to the right to be out of IK and entirely in FK. Now you can rotate the Joints individually.
Invert kinematic and Forward Kinematic in opposite directions.
The algorithm finds the best solution in IK mode based on the Pole and Goal. Any other influence will create, more or less, chaos.I would not use the Protection Tags in such a chain.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2024/de-de/Default.htm#html/TCAIK-ID_TAGPROPERTIES.html?TocPath=Object%2520Manager%257CTags%2520Menu%257CRigging%2520Tags%257CIK%257C_____2
As a side note, the Group Nulls under each Joint is not centered on the Joint. Otherwise, this Null could be used to rotate the element; of course, it would not affect the ones below, and that would be another step.
All the best
