Animation and Rigging Tools: FAQ, Known Issues and Feature Roadmap

[MistaShoes (Sean Gobey)]

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Not sure I follow exactly. What’s the desired result? That the attachment joint & ctrl has the same orientation as the hand joint & ctrl, but just offset slightly in translate Z?

Edit: so if this is indeed what you’re trying to do, back in the setup stage go into Mover mode. Parent constrain the leaf/attach node to the Hand mover with “maintain offset” set to OFF. The attachment mover should match orients and ‘snap’ to the Hand mover. Then delete the constraint (or break connections in the channel box). The orients of the 2 movers should now match. Now you can move the control to offset more in one direction (make sure to just move it on 1 axis, like Y), or just leave as-is in the same location as the Hand ctrl. Whatever you need. Once you publish the rig all should be good to go and the joint orients on the attachment and wrist joints should match.

Also, just FYI from the video you posted, after publishing the control orientations on the IK Hand ctrl and the leaf node ctrl are different. This is because the leaf is oriented basically along the FK arm/wrist (same as the skeleton). While the IK ctrl is oriented in world space (z-up). If you switch the arm to FK mode the orients will match between the attachment and the FK hand ctrl. Assuming you followed the above directions ok

Hope this helps.

Thanks very much for taking the time to describe a solution, much appreciated.