[Bf-committers] Proposed Armature replacement

[Matt Ebb]

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Before getting into implementation details and data structures and 
whatever, I'm curious to know what your goals are. I couldn't really 
find this information on your wiki.

i.e.
How will this improve the lives of users (and perhaps coders too)?
Will it bring any innovative ideas to the table, or is it just an 
iteration of the existing design?
What problems have you identified with the current system (not just 
from a coder's perspective, but a user's as well) and will this 
project, or how will this project solve them?
Have you looked at other systems to compare and contrast? (the bone 
system in Sega's Animanium is supposed to be really good)


One of my biggest peeves with the current armature system is the many 
limitations of actions and pose mode - i.e. you have to enter yet 
another <censored> mode just to move your control objects, which is a 
pain, especially when you're trying to work with two armatures at the 
same time (like two characters interacting) - why shouldn't we be able 
to just create separate control objects and manipulate them in object 
space? Maybe this is an Actions issue, rather than an Armature issue, 
but these ideas for two more modes is a bit scary :)

Cheers,

Matt


On 26 May 2004, at 2:24 PM, jeremy@marzhillstudios.com wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> I have completed my preliminary thoughts on a replacement for
> armatures in Blender. The details would make this message too long
> for this list. You can view them here:
> http://www.letwory.net/collab/bin/view.pl/Blenderdev/ArmatureCode
> at Jesters Wiki.  I would appreciate any thoughts you have on the
> subject. Do you think it would be useable? intuitive?, powerful? If
> you have ideas to add go ahead and add them to the wiki or just
> suggest them to the list.
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