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Pole Vector Not Working

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:23:46 GMT

Hey guys. I'm trying to make elbow and knee controls to my low poly character. Everything else in my rig works fine, but I can't seem to make Pole Vector Constraints to work. I select my handle, then the IK and apply Pole Vector Constraint and it doesn't influence anything if I move the control. I tried doing it in a new file with just two joints and an IK and it still doesn't do anything. So I don't think my rig is keeping it from moving. Any way I can get the controler to move the knee?

Re: Pole Vector Not Working

whisper1 — Fri, 11 May 2018 16:56:27 GMT

Having the same problem. Did you ever get an answer from anyone?

Re: Pole Vector Not Working

whisper1 — Mon, 14 May 2018 23:06:25 GMT

Found my answer--possibly yours.

The default setting for IK handles, for some reason, is Single Chain Solver. You need to change that to Rotate Plane Solver. You can do that in the dialog box for the tool or by selecting the IK handle and going down the properties in the channel menu.