I greatly appreciated this tip as I was able to take it further by parenting a null to a WWII machine gun, converting the prop to a figure, and then linking the lt/rt hands to the grip. The ERC elevates the gun while the hands now stay positioned to the grips. Thanks!
Hi Jay, objects can have IK chains added, but they need to be in a hierarchy under a group node. You can test this by creating a group, adding some cubes (each parented to there last) and then add an IK chain. When you move the IK gizmo, all the cubes will move. Thanks for posting this vid, Daz don't seem keen to document the new features!
DAZ never were 😂 I’ve tried the group approach, but I could never make the first few objects in the hierarchy move, only the last ones. The IK chain is then setup for the group as a whole, but I never saw a good use case for it. Thanks for the tip though.
This was very helpful, thank you! But what if I want to do the opposite? Create a static point to which one part of the character is anchored? Like for example if I want to animate a character trying to force a door open, their hands would be fixed in one point (the doorknob) while they struggle, or if I want to animate a push-up, in which case both the tip of their feet and hands would be anchored to the floor.
@@ahmadali6473 Unfortunately, no. There is a pin icon when you select a body part and you can pin translation and rotation, but it doesn't work very reliably. It's only good for posing for still shots.
How did you make it work without setting the IK translation and rotation sliders to 100%? I think we need more of those tutorials, especially on keeping the feet from sliding or jumping out of place in animations, which is what you'd expect to use the IK Chain for.
There's a way to make the hands exactly follow the orientation ot the linked object? I tried making the hand follow a prop but the hand rotates on its own, it doesn't follow the props rotations.
I wanna understand how can I do it with a object, like a tray? When I move the body up/down, that the tray stay there, I can do it on your way and move the tray, the hands/arms does follow, but the chest doesn't bend...
do you have something to make both legs(feets) pin to the ground or anything else without moving at all?or atleast the feets to stay still ...cant find a way i see blender is doing a great job with that.. why daz cant?
There are a couple of products by 3D Universe you can try. One is Glue to Floor: www.daz3d.com/glue-to-floor-utility-for-genesis-8-females?cjref=1&cjevent=8562606683d811ec82acee370a82b821 The other one is Limb Stick: www.daz3d.com/limbstick-for-genesis-3-and-above?cjref=1&cjevent=8562606683d811ec82acee370a82b821
Amazing. I saw this video a long time ago but forgot its name. I've been looking for it for centuries and finally found it. I was trying to create an IK chain for both hands of the same character (holding a baseball bat) and it didn't work though. Any way to fix that?
It's a classic, thank you for watching - I'm glad you've found it again 💝 I've just tried it out, it's really easy: create IK chains on both hands, then drag them onto the object you want to use as a controller. Move the object, and the hands/arms/body moves with it. So pose the figure, put the baseball bat in place, add IK chains to each hand, then drag the IK chains onto the bat and you can move the bat.
I don't know why, but this somehow does not work with non-figure objects the way you presented it... I did the rigging conversion, so it would show that little symbol you mentioned, and then i could select the bone inside the new generated group and make an IK chain with it, but if I put them into the null together, it won't work. I don't get it. Either the Genesis Model moves, or the converted obj, but it somehow doesn't move both.
Ok nvm, I figured half of my problem out (i confused "convert figure to prop" with the correct "convert prop to figure" option xD) but a new problem came up: Now that I've done it right, i can move both objects when the null ist selected. However, the Genesis part moves in the correct direction (for example it bends forward), but the converted prop rotates in the opposite direction (i.e. it bends backwards). How do i fix that? Moving both only works in the correct direction, if i use the Translate tool (so moving it in straight lines), but not with rotation...
excellent tutorial thank you very much. , can you do one using the daz IK-chain as a hard surface interaction solution? like for keeping feet planted on a hard surface.
Thank you! That’s an interesting idea, I’m not sure if it’s possible to do that with IK Chains - but I’ll try it out. There is a handy utility by 3DUniverse that can do this though: www.daz3d.com/glue-to-floor-utility-for-genesis-8-females
None whatsoever :-( The trouble is that steering wheels are often rigged with a rotation slider, but they're not a separate node. As such, I've not had any luck parenting a hand to it. I guess it depends on the car model, but the ones I've tried were all unsuitable. We need something like Blender's "driver" mechanism, with which one parameter can drive another parameter on a different object (say x translation of the vehicle to y rotation on a wheel).
@@WPguru Thanks for trying this out. I did attempt this as well and it would give the wrist some odd rotations but that's about it. There might be a way but some trial and error is needed.
@@Cain-x Which car model did you use? Maybe we can work this out. I've been trying the Luxury Car 1950 and those variations, the Yamaki GTX and the Pickup Dred. They're all rigged the same way, no node for the steering wheel.
Hi Jay, Can you make a video on "how to stop feet sliding in timeline animation using keys and the new IK system, (not) aniblocks and Animate2, as I simply cant figure out how to stop the feet sliding around, most annoying thing ever. Hope you have a fix and thanks for your time and effort.
I’m not sure if that’s possible with IK chains. If it is, I’ve not worked out how yet. There is a utility by 3D Universe that can glue feet to the floor though: www.daz3d.com/glue-to-floor-utility-for-genesis-8-females
That's tricky to do in Daz Studio. Since it doesn't have a physics engine, there's no way to put two gears together and let the second one's motion be inferred by the first one's teeth. You could however setup a controller that drives both gear's rotation, so you'd have a slider that controls the movement of both (some clock models are setup that way to move the hands). You could also use keyed properties for that, would something like that work for you?
You may need to upgrade to the latest version of DAZ Studio. This feature was introduced in 4.12. You can check your version number under Help - About DAZ Studio.
Another great tutorial. I think I'll try to use that on my bow and arrow that I built. I can imagine that an IK chain link might help moving the bowstring along with the fingers. Btw, is it really "I-kee" or isn't it "I-kay"? Sorry for being a Besserwisser :-)
You're right, it probably is. I've noticed that too after I had recorded the video (see my note in the description), I'm not sure why my brain wants to pronounce it "eye-key" instead. Maybe because of "ki-"nematics? I have no idea. I decided to stop thinking about it.
This method doesn't seem to work well if you want to maintain hand contact on something a figure is walking along with. Like carrying a suitcase or pulling a cart. Hand contact is lost after every step.
I've just checked, it still works exactly like I've described it here: create an IK chain in each place that you want to follow (say two hands, so one for each hand), then drag both chains into a group and move it.I've tried it with a hand on a car door handle, and when I open the car door, the hand/arm moves with it.
I'm glad you were able to document this. Also, thanks for the shout-out.
2:59 it is more useful to change the label, because the name is not visible for us, only the label, the namechange is only internal ;).
This is a wonderfully short, concise and easy to understand tutorial. On top of that, the background music is really amazing.
The much anticipated IK Chain WP Guru tutorial. Very well presented and explained.
Thank you! Right behind it is the Mesh Lights video (Patreon supporters like yourself already have access) 🤗
I greatly appreciated this tip as I was able to take it further by parenting a null to a WWII machine gun, converting the prop to a figure, and then linking the lt/rt hands to the grip. The ERC elevates the gun while the hands now stay positioned to the grips. Thanks!
It is wonderfull how your six minutes tutorial just saved me tens of houurs of work :D Thanks for that
Hi Jay, objects can have IK chains added, but they need to be in a hierarchy under a group node. You can test this by creating a group, adding some cubes (each parented to there last) and then add an IK chain. When you move the IK gizmo, all the cubes will move. Thanks for posting this vid, Daz don't seem keen to document the new features!
DAZ never were 😂 I’ve tried the group approach, but I could never make the first few objects in the hierarchy move, only the last ones. The IK chain is then setup for the group as a whole, but I never saw a good use case for it. Thanks for the tip though.
Hi, Would this method work for arms attached to a steering wheel?
This was very helpful, thank you! But what if I want to do the opposite?
Create a static point to which one part of the character is anchored? Like for example if I want to animate a character trying to force a door open, their hands would be fixed in one point (the doorknob) while they struggle, or if I want to animate a push-up, in which case both the tip of their feet and hands would be anchored to the floor.
did you find solution for that ?? I'm trying to make hold hand key to a table and leave the rest of the animation
@@ahmadali6473 Unfortunately, no. There is a pin icon when you select a body part and you can pin translation and rotation, but it doesn't work very reliably. It's only good for posing for still shots.
@@dominic.h.3363 thx for answering ... where i can find that tool .... thx for sharing
@@ahmadali6473 it's a pin on the selected node in the viewport, it's just right there, you left click it for the menu
Fantastic, exactly what I was looking for, great tutorial, thanks heaps Mr Guru
WOW! This is exactly, what i was looking for! Very well explained! Thank you so much!!
Have wondered how you would do something like that. Thank you for the tip!
How did you make it work without setting the IK translation and rotation sliders to 100%? I think we need more of those tutorials, especially on keeping the feet from sliding or jumping out of place in animations, which is what you'd expect to use the IK Chain for.
Never thought I would see Randy Coutour holding hands with Michael Jorden.
Seriously this will be very helpful.
There's a way to make the hands exactly follow the orientation ot the linked object? I tried making the hand follow a prop but the hand rotates on its own, it doesn't follow the props rotations.
I wanna understand how can I do it with a object, like a tray? When I move the body up/down, that the tray stay there, I can do it on your way and move the tray, the hands/arms does follow, but the chest doesn't bend...
(Another) great tutorial Jay - Thank You!
😎'aww a cupla dudes...👊😎' Stay up anyways my brother
do you have something to make both legs(feets) pin to the ground or anything else without moving at all?or atleast the feets to stay still ...cant find a way
i see blender is doing a great job with that.. why daz cant?
There are a couple of products by 3D Universe you can try. One is Glue to Floor: www.daz3d.com/glue-to-floor-utility-for-genesis-8-females?cjref=1&cjevent=8562606683d811ec82acee370a82b821
The other one is Limb Stick: www.daz3d.com/limbstick-for-genesis-3-and-above?cjref=1&cjevent=8562606683d811ec82acee370a82b821
Cool! That will be really helpful.
Amazing. I saw this video a long time ago but forgot its name. I've been looking for it for centuries and finally found it. I was trying to create an IK chain for both hands of the same character (holding a baseball bat) and it didn't work though. Any way to fix that?
It's a classic, thank you for watching - I'm glad you've found it again 💝
I've just tried it out, it's really easy: create IK chains on both hands, then drag them onto the object you want to use as a controller. Move the object, and the hands/arms/body moves with it. So pose the figure, put the baseball bat in place, add IK chains to each hand, then drag the IK chains onto the bat and you can move the bat.
I really hate to move my scene again when hands work together... because its very time consuming to move hands :( and adjusting all the fingers.
I don't know why, but this somehow does not work with non-figure objects the way you presented it... I did the rigging conversion, so it would show that little symbol you mentioned, and then i could select the bone inside the new generated group and make an IK chain with it, but if I put them into the null together, it won't work. I don't get it. Either the Genesis Model moves, or the converted obj, but it somehow doesn't move both.
Ok nvm, I figured half of my problem out (i confused "convert figure to prop" with the correct "convert prop to figure" option xD) but a new problem came up: Now that I've done it right, i can move both objects when the null ist selected. However, the Genesis part moves in the correct direction (for example it bends forward), but the converted prop rotates in the opposite direction (i.e. it bends backwards). How do i fix that? Moving both only works in the correct direction, if i use the Translate tool (so moving it in straight lines), but not with rotation...
I am having the same problem but mine is a gen 8 and a Daz Dragon only the one placed in the top position of the null will move
Excellent. Thank you man! 🙏
can we use group instead of null too?
That should work as well, but I've not tried this myself. Let me know if it works.
Always great stuff from you, Jay - and Brian too... 😉 I'm learning so much the last few months, my brain hurts! But it's a good hurts! LOL
That helped so much, thanks Jay.
excellent tutorial thank you very much. , can you do one using the daz IK-chain as a hard surface interaction solution? like for keeping feet planted on a hard surface.
Thank you! That’s an interesting idea, I’m not sure if it’s possible to do that with IK Chains - but I’ll try it out. There is a handy utility by 3DUniverse that can do this though: www.daz3d.com/glue-to-floor-utility-for-genesis-8-females
@@WPguru I am interested in this was well, this would go perfect for hands on a moving steering wheel for a driving character. Any luck on this front?
None whatsoever :-( The trouble is that steering wheels are often rigged with a rotation slider, but they're not a separate node. As such, I've not had any luck parenting a hand to it. I guess it depends on the car model, but the ones I've tried were all unsuitable. We need something like Blender's "driver" mechanism, with which one parameter can drive another parameter on a different object (say x translation of the vehicle to y rotation on a wheel).
@@WPguru Thanks for trying this out. I did attempt this as well and it would give the wrist some odd rotations but that's about it. There might be a way but some trial and error is needed.
@@Cain-x Which car model did you use? Maybe we can work this out. I've been trying the Luxury Car 1950 and those variations, the Yamaki GTX and the Pickup Dred. They're all rigged the same way, no node for the steering wheel.
Hi Jay,
Can you make a video on "how to stop feet sliding in timeline animation using keys and the new IK system, (not) aniblocks and Animate2, as I simply cant figure out how to stop the feet sliding around, most annoying thing ever. Hope you have a fix and thanks for your time and effort.
I’m not sure if that’s possible with IK chains. If it is, I’ve not worked out how yet. There is a utility by 3D Universe that can glue feet to the floor though: www.daz3d.com/glue-to-floor-utility-for-genesis-8-females
Thank you so much ! Your tuts is amazing !
How to animate mechanical gears? Like pedaling a bike or clock watch gears in motion by a single gear. One gear affects all the hierarchy of it.
That's tricky to do in Daz Studio. Since it doesn't have a physics engine, there's no way to put two gears together and let the second one's motion be inferred by the first one's teeth. You could however setup a controller that drives both gear's rotation, so you'd have a slider that controls the movement of both (some clock models are setup that way to move the hands). You could also use keyed properties for that, would something like that work for you?
Thank you so much for this tutorial .
I don't have a create "New IK Chain" option in my menu.
You may need to upgrade to the latest version of DAZ Studio. This feature was introduced in 4.12. You can check your version number under Help - About DAZ Studio.
For some reason this wont work for me, I tried it 10 times already and nothing happens
Okay, I made it and... it worked just a little bit... a Hand holding the forearm and moving it did not moved it perfect :(
Another great tutorial. I think I'll try to use that on my bow and arrow that I built. I can imagine that an IK chain link might help moving the bowstring along with the fingers.
Btw, is it really "I-kee" or isn't it "I-kay"? Sorry for being a Besserwisser :-)
You're right, it probably is. I've noticed that too after I had recorded the video (see my note in the description), I'm not sure why my brain wants to pronounce it "eye-key" instead. Maybe because of "ki-"nematics? I have no idea. I decided to stop thinking about it.
Oops. I haven‘t read the note all the way to the end. My bad.
Wow thanks!
Thanks for that.
You bet!
Thank you so much!
This method doesn't seem to work well if you want to maintain hand contact on something a figure is walking along with. Like carrying a suitcase or pulling a cart. Hand contact is lost after every step.
awesome
Thank you !!!
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Is there anyone who can help me? It's driving me crazy, it just wont work. And nobody online is giving IK tutorials
I've just checked, it still works exactly like I've described it here: create an IK chain in each place that you want to follow (say two hands, so one for each hand), then drag both chains into a group and move it.I've tried it with a hand on a car door handle, and when I open the car door, the hand/arm moves with it.
@@WPguru I managed to figure it out. I opened a new project and it worked.
I can barely hear him over the music.