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Any way to rotate a character's head by a specific number of degrees?

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Any way to rotate a character's head by a specific number of degrees?

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dogged2003
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And yes, you can do this only in iClone. Then save pose and add to Character Creator.

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Oh, great, still something else for me to learn (and then forget something else important).  Sigh.



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RL help:

How to Use FK (New for V7.1)



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as i remember you can. Just press 'n' go to 'fk mode' tab, select the bone and put value.

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To be honest I have never, as in not once, had a situation where I needed to turn any part of a character a specific number of degrees. My Curve Editor "solution" was basically arrived at due to just how much control this tool provides without applying dummies and what not.

Mikes' solution is excellent in its' simplicity and execution that it should have slapped me in the face when I first read the question. It would seem that some of these new tools that we now have are blinding some of us (me) to the tried and trusted methods of times gone by.

By the way, I would also love to know why anyone would need to have a fixed degree for a body part turn. 

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HEAD ROTATION:

I immediately had the same question as KT.  WHY the need to rotate a specific number of degrees?

Why does the "why" matter?
a) Perhaps that will lead us to a different and better solution.
b) Simple curiosity.



JOKES AND LAUGHING:

Why does a <enter target here, such as "blonde"> laugh at a joke three times?
First, when you tell the joke.
Then laughs more when you explain the joke.
Finally, much later, laughs the most when he/she finally catches on to the joke.



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>>>> The most interesting part at my age is I think I forget almost as much old stuff as the new stuff I learn). <<<<

Lol, yes, I can relate....
My daughter tells everyone that her 'dad' is *great value* for telling jokes to ... because .... he 'laughs' just as much when she tells the joke 2nd or 3rd time around (because he's *forgotten* the punch line) lol ...  :Whistling:  ...

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My wife says I worry too much about things, but the truth is the entire world and everything in it interests me, and I just want to KNOW (and, yes, I won't even scratch the surface, but I keep trying.  The most interesting part at my age is I think I forget almost as much old stuff as the new stuff I learn).



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Mike !
>>> What I can't figure out is WHY anyone would *want* to rotate an avatar head a precise number of degrees, and that bothers me <g>.  <<<
lol ... that  cracks me up ! ..... (absolutely no disrespect to the poster - but that is
funny) .....


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Yeah, it's a kludge but it works (I tried it first to be sure).  I actually saw this post last night and thought about the rig but figured someone else would post it.  When I saw that Gerry had replied I clicked on it *sure* he had figured it out (he's a very clever guy).

What I can't figure out is WHY anyone would *want* to rotate an avatar head a precise number of degrees, and that bothers me <g>.



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