Annoying Bone (Dummy/Helper) Rotation Axis

[derek.mallard]

Been dealing with this annoyance since I first used 3DS Max and I'm fed up with having this issue.

So, the problem is that if I rotate a parent bone the child bone's axis will not be aligned with the character model. What I mean is:

Here I have the Arm bone (The elbow). The yellow line on the axis looks like it should stay aligned with the arm if I rotate the shoulder bone.

Wrong...I rotated the shoulder and now I have to deal with trying to keep the elbow bone straight while rotating.

What I want to do here is find out how I can have the axis aligned with the rotated parent bone so that I can move the bones on a straight axis.

Is there a solution for this? I'm work with helpers by the way.

[ads_royje · Accepted solution]

Hi @derek.mallard ,

This is usually related to the gizmo pivot setup, as I cannot see this in your screenshots, can you check if you are set to use the Local Axis for the Gizmo pivot ?

Regards,

[derek.mallard]

Ah okay, I never knew that existed.

Thank you so much.

[ads_royje]

🙂

Glad to read it was the issue!

Thank you for your feedback!