How does the location constraint work in Blender?
These buttons control which axes are constrained. Invert their respective corresponding axis coordinates. When enabled, this control allows the owner to be moved (using its current transform properties), relative to its target’s position. Standard conversion between spaces. See common constraint properties for more information.
What to do if parent constrain does not maintain offset?
Just parent a copy of the object to the hand and hide one when the other is visible, and cut to the next scene just before it picks up stuff during post production. It’s a work around somthing that should be no problem at all. I really had planned to have the character show how it gracefully picks up things (zoomed in and even in slowmo).
How to parent constrain pencil to keep offset?
I parent constrain the pencil (see anim. in next post) to the red hand-pad subdiv mesh, which results in the unwanted offset (the pad has frozen transformations and a deleted history). But found out that when I constrain the object to the parent mesh (R_HandWrist) or parent-parent joint (R_Joint_Wrist) of the pad mesh (R_HandPad), it works.
How are constrain and joint limits used in design?
Constrain and Joint limit use assigned values to limit movement and do not require physical contact. Use limits to evaluate a design based on known maximum, minimum, and resting values. Note: If you select the constraint option Use Offset As Resting Position, the component returns to this position after moving.
How is the result of the constraint combined with the transformation?
Specifies how the result of the constraint is combined with the existing transformation. The set of available choices varies based on the type of transformation. The result of the constraint replaces the existing transformation. The new values are multiplied with the existing axis values.
Which is the Order of the constraint owner?
Defaults to using the order of the constraint owner. The three axis selectors allow you to select which input axis to map to, respectively (from top to bottom), the X, Y and Z output (owner) axes. The Min and Max number fields control the lower and upper bounds of the output value range, independently for each mapped axis.