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    Locked Track constraint doesn't lock expected axis

    dorpeer91
    posted to: Damped Track / Locked Track / Track To Constraint Demo

    Just like in the tutorial, I selected Y track axis and X locked axis, but it seems that the Owner's locked axis is the World X axis and not its own local X axis. Any ideas why?





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    • Omar Domenech replied

      By owner you mean Wayne in the tutorial? But I don't understand the question, sounds arbitrary the axis you want to lock or not, world or local, it can be the Y as well as the X. All the possibilities are open.

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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      Are you sure that the Bone's X-Axis is not aligned with the Global X-Axis?

      You can enable the Axes in the Viewport Display of the Armature.

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      dorpeer91 replied

      OK, solved it! Inside edit mode - I made sure that the Owner bone (The bone who has the Locked Track constraint) - has its axes aligned with the world axes (Meaning the bone's local Y is the same as the world's Y, the local Z is the same as the world's Z etc.) Then once I applied the Locked track it behaved as expected (Rotating around its Z axis, having the local Y axis pointing towards the Target bone)

      Hope my question (and solution) are clearer now.

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    • Wayne Dixon replied

      Glad you got it sorted Dorpeer.

      OOmar - yes the owner in this case is the owner of the constraint.  (it's constraint terminology)

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