mcjTornare - DS 1,2,3,4+ Script to turn something ( usually an arm ) around an arbitrary axis, quick

mCasual · July 2014

before resuming my resuming work on mcjTeleblender 3

a quick script to animate turning motions

https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts4/mcjtornare

rotating around an axis that is not one of the three ( x y z ) axis

similar to mcjExoRotator http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/35826/

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Fig 3
well actually this was made mostly using
-mcjAutoLimb2014
-mcjHoldOn
-mcjMakeTarget
-mcjParent
-mcjKeepOrient

atticanne · July 2014

Now, this will be neat! I'll be watching and waiting.

mCasual · July 2014

since there's already mcjExoRotator for complex animation tricks

i'll stick with my original intent which is a simple script

for cases where you just want to select 2 nodes, click a button and bam

the rotation is done - well you must also specify the angle in degrees

mCasual · July 2014

1 - select a target ( the tip of a screwdriver parented to an arm )
2 - select a turning node ( the shoulder joint of that arm )
3 - specify a spin angle ( 45 degrees )
4 - Specify the keyframes to process ( current frame only )
4 - click the 'do it button'

done !

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fig 2 - a spin angle of 30 degrees was added to an exosting 15 frames animation in 1 click !

Fig 3 - Testing in DS 4.6 and adding fearures

fig 4 - the official logos ! collect all 2

fig 5 - the test in DS 2.3 was interesting it shows cumulative effect of the rotation when you start with something that is not yet keyframed