I've been playing about with Maya api, with python, a bit more. I took my experiences from this post on a bit further. The previous node i created, in the mentioned post, had a few downfalls as to useability. The main one was I could only define a radial offset from the comparison axis. I wanted to be able to define a more arbitrary shape for the angle comparison, essentially I wanted to elongate the shape, This would help me define more useable shapes to define as my target pose. If that makes any sense! Anyway here’s the node in action.
The node outputs a 0-1 blended value representing if the axis of the node is within the range set. I've just piped that output into a sphere for visual guide.
This node should aid my rigging in terms of deformations. My main reason for wanting to create this, was a solution to some armor rigging that is needed in work. Here's a super rough, quick test where I'm driving an aim constraint and its up vector node via three volume range nodes.
This node should aid my rigging in terms of deformations. My main reason for wanting to create this, was a solution to some armor rigging that is needed in work. Here's a super rough, quick test where I'm driving an aim constraint and its up vector node via three volume range nodes.
And here’s the obligatory bicep deformation shot. Again a very rough test, but should help give you the idea... like you needed it!