[Bf-funboard] Bones and Layers idea/request.

[Paul Lunneberg]

I think the slowness of the bones may still be related to when and how many=
 times blender calculates IK.  For a small bandaid to your dilema try chang=
eing the iteration value for your IK constraints to a lower value.  It will=
 help playback speed in blender as well as interactive speed.  Its not a fi=
x but it helps in the time being.=20

does anybody know if that code has been looked at? =20

That issue also slows down just rotating a view without manipulating any bo=
nes.  Or it did last time I had a chance to mess with it.

Paul

 ..... Original Message .......
On Mon, 10 May 2004 12:35:38 -0300 (ART) malefico andauer <the3d_hut=40yaho=
o.com.ar> wrote:
>Hi, I would like to present this idea to the board.
>
>When setting up a complex character for animation ( I
>mean around 20+ bones), we use regular bones, control
>bones, deformation bones, null bones, auxiliary bones
>and so on. However, the more bones are displayed on
>the screen, at animation time, the slower Blender will
>show the anim, specially if we are dealing with more
>than one character. Plus, the screen turns into a mess
>of blue/green lines with all the bones and the mesh.
>So, most of the time we have to hide all bones not
>related to what we are doing.
>
>Now, the idea is, how about organizing bones in layers
>or groups ? For instance, select all =22control bones=22
>and either press M and select a Layer, or create a
>=22bone group=22 and hide it or show it in a different
>colour. Maybe a nice floating panel would let us turn
>on or off a particular group or layer.
>
>Well, how about this ? Would it be too difficult to
>implement ? Do you think it is useful ?=20
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>malefico.
>
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