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njdorn
34 posts

12 Jul 2010
Hey guys! I got a rigging question!

I'm doing an animation of a guy running around carrying a ball and chain connected to his foot. Both sides of the chain will need to be constrained and the middle will need to be key framed in the scene. I was wondering anyone might know how they would rig something like that?
JayG
1,164 posts

13 Jul 2010
Do you want to use dynamics or are you going to hand-key the chain?
njdorn
34 posts

14 Jul 2010
Ideally, I would like to use some sort of spline IK control with the option to switch in and out of a dynamic sim.
I think I might have found a solution through a stretchy spline IK setup. I'll post again after a few tests.
JayG
1,164 posts

14 Jul 2010
Nice, that shouldn't be too hard. Good luck with it.
njdorn
34 posts

14 Jul 2010
It totally worked! And it was way easier then I thought it would be : P Thanks to Clayton for the quick stretchy splineIK script. Here's some screen grabs if anyone's interested.

And they are still connected on both sides.

Now I can just blendshape to my dynamic hair when I want it to be simulated!
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