Re: FLASH: working on inverse kinematics/flash

[John Dowdell]

At 1:02 PM 7/12/0, David Wallach wrote:

> If you are into IK and flash, and are working on something,

> please share the wealth! or maybe point me toward some onling

> repository of IK code.


I'm not sure of your exact need, but if it's creation using IK, then have

you looked into Lost Marble's Moho tool?

http://www.lostmarble.com/


(Currently they have a free beta download of version 2.0, with watermarked

results.)


If you're instead trying to create a Flash application which offers inverse

kinematics within it, then there are a few implementation styles and many

papers. Your situation would presumably use easier equations because you're

working in two dimensions instead of three. Implementations vary with

whether there are firm or progressive or no limits on rotation, how you

choose to handle damping along a chain, the elasticity in a joint, more. A

web search pulls up more than you'd ever want to know about various

approaches... restricting to the .edu domains can help filter the hits.


jd






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