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Constraints woes/bugs?

Constraints woes/bugs?

2004-04-13       - By Jean-Paul LeDoux

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Can I recommend a slightly different workflow?  Under the Transform menu you
have Match Transformation commands which will let you align your control
objects without having to apply constraints.


Jean-Paul LeDoux
Northwest Imaging & FX
jp@(protected)



-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Jeff Powell" <JeffP@(protected)>
To: "XSI (E-mail)" <XSI@(protected)>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 4:48 AM
Subject: Constraints woes/bugs?


> Hello all,
>
> I've been getting this problem on and off since running 3.5.1. If I use a
> lot of constraints setting up my character rig, I sometimes for no reason
> get 'cyclic dependency' warnings even though there's no way a dependency
> could have been created and worse still corrupt scenes!!!
>
> I get this warning before XSI crashes "This constraint X is not connected
> correctly, incorrect result may occur, try to reapply constraint if
> possible"
>
> This usually happens if I'm using pos constraints to move objects into
their
> correct positions and then delete them and then reverse the constraint
e.g.
> pos constrain a harness to a bone to get the correct position, delete the
> constraint and in turn constrain the bone to the harness.
>
> I've been doing this for years on previous versions with no such problems.
> It's driving me nuts, setting up my rig only to find the scene won't load
> :�( It's as if XSI isn't correctly deleting constraints within the scene?
> Any ideas? anyone had similar problems?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff.
>
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