multiple objects pointing in the desired way

[LuckyST]

I'm interested if there's a way to populate a 3d object with other objects, and animate the "children" in a way that they point from their default direction, to a common direction.

 

such as hair on a person?

 

 

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[BrianKitts]

You'd be referring to a "look-at" constraint. But keep in mind in most cases you'll want to restrict the constraint to a specific axis (or multiple axis)

 

Great tutorial from Louis Marcoux covering exactly this (scoll to the Feb 8th 2007 video)

http://www.louismarcoux.com/MaxTips.htm

[LuckyST]

you are my hero

keeping my fingers crossed that this helps.

 

p.s. that's one great site.

[LuckyST]

thanks, but I want it be possible for multiple objects, that by default

 

key A) point in different directions.

 

key B) point in uniform direction (parallel) (in my case upwards).

 

 

 

I see how that could be brute forced with this technique, but I'm hoping for a more elegant solution)

[JonRashid]

Surely if your look at controller is far enough away the parallel effect could be achieved. The distance may have to be very great but that shouldn't be a problem. You can use scatter with a master object to achieve the "default" mode.

[BrianKitts]

If you want them all parallel just assign one object the look at constraint, and parent the rotation of all the others to match the primary object.

[JonRashid]

Nice, I like that one.