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Solved - added object won't animate

leahalbert11leahalbert11 Posts: 28
edited January 2018 in Carrara Discussion

I'm trying to add a badge to a pair of pants. Have tried to weld it and add morph but it just gets left behind when I animate. Pictures attached. Thanks for any help.

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  • 3DAGE3DAGE Posts: 3,311

    You need to "parent" the object to the trousers,.

    Drag the object in the Scene instance list on the right,. and drop it onto the "pants" model heirarchy

    for example,. if you made a Hat,. you would Parent the HAT to the figures HEAD by dragging the "hat" in the list,. and dropping it onto the "Head" in the list

    this makes the Hat a "child" of the Head "parent".

    You could also make the object part of the trousers by copying it in the vertex modeller,. then pasting it into the pants object,. although that could effect shaders and rigging.

     

    Hope it helps :)

  • leahalbert11leahalbert11 Posts: 28

    Thanks 3dage, I created and welded the object in the vertex modeller and have tried other ways to add this badge including editing an existing belt in the vertex modeller and parenting that to genesis or the pants, whatever I do it won't stay put. I'm usig gfa files to animate. Feel like I'm missing a simple step, it's driving me crazy.

  • DUDUDUDU Posts: 1,945
    edited January 2018

    I never tried this one, but you can: http://www.sparrowhawke3d.com/PinModifier.html

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  • leahalbert11leahalbert11 Posts: 28

    That looks promising. I'll try it and update =)

     

  • leahalbert11leahalbert11 Posts: 28
    edited January 2018

    HOLY CARP IT WORKED!! I had lost faith. Thank-you DUDU laugh

    For anyone using the plugin (I'm on mac), created the object in assembly room, parented it to Actor on the pants (they don't mention this step), then pinned it to Actor on the pants as per plugin instructions.

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,549

    Glad it worked, but 3DAGE was right. Not sure what you meant about welding and such. Just drag the thing onto (in this case) the Hip of the pants or the actual (hip of) figure wearing the pants and it should stay put. That's what he meant by Parenting - just drag the object to be parented (child) onto the part of the figure you want it parented to.

    In this case, drag "Sphere" down one level to hip. 

                                                                                   

  • leahalbert11leahalbert11 Posts: 28

    I figured it couldn't be that complicated, didn't know to parent to the hip of the pants.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,549

    Looks cool!

    It can take a little getting used to, then it all starts to just snap into place! ;)

  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,145
    edited January 2018

    The Pin Modifier is a great plugin, it is simple to use and works really well for this kind of use. Also for floating objects on an animated water surface.

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    kewl lookin plugin.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    plugin for hair would be kewl, could attach barrettes

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