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Transform Constraints Types

Position: A 'Position' constraint allows an item to follow the world position of another item or a weighted average of the positions of multiple items.

Rotation: A 'Rotation' constraint allows an item to follow the rotation of another item or a weighted average of the rotations of multiple items.

Scale: A 'Scale' constraint allows an item to follow the scale of another item or a weighted average of the scale of multiple items.

Direction: A 'Direction' constraint forces an item so that is always points toward the world position of another item.

Distance: A 'Distance' constraint allows

 

Transfomr Constrain PropertiesTransform Constraints

Offset: These channels define an offset amount that is applied after the constraint, expressed as an XYZ value for position, a number of degrees for rotation and a percentage for scale. When the constraint is applied with 'Compensation' enabled, these channels are set to values that will maintain the item's original transform values, but they can also be used to adjust the constrained item's transform if required.

Use Pivots: Directs modo to use an items 'Pivot' position, instead of the default 'Center' position.

Add Output Options: This button will add a Channel Effect modifier to each of the constraints outputs, described in more detail in the Modifiers section, but in short these allow you to blend the effect of the constraint with the item's underlying Forward Kinematics and\or restrict the constraint to one or more axes. Note: If the item being constrained is parented, then the Channel Effect modifier requires a  channel link to be added from the constrained item's parent world position or rotation channel (depending on the type of the constraint) into the Channel Effect's 'Local' channel.

 

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Daniel Hruby January 2, 2011 at 10:35 AM

Distance constraint definition incomplete

CharlieLapp December 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM

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