How to Link one skeleton to a next skeleton

[ilovelessons]

Hi,

I am currently trying to create a blinking eye WITHOUT using Switch Layers and Smart Bones. Please allow me to explain -

1. I have man which I have linked a skeleton bone structure too. So the man has Arm bones, legs bones, head bones and and torso etc.
2. Separately, I have a PNG Eye image with one bone attached to it. I am able to make the eye blink by make the bone small or large.
3. However when the head moves I need to eyes to move with it.

Does anyone know how to parent the eyes (which is a separate bone system) to a next bone system? I know this is not the best way to make the eye blink but I am using this method to overcome a problem in UNITY regarding FBX exportation.

Any ideas? Any video links? I'll take anything lol

Thanks guys/gals for the help in the past.

[hayasidist]

with a set up like this:

man (bone layer)
>images ...
>eye (bone layer)
>> images
>more "man" group images...

Bind the eye bone layer to a bone in the "man" bone layer that will control eye position.

[ilovelessons]

hayasidist,

I did as you said but I am not seeing options in the menu to bind layers. I have attached a pic of what I did so far:



I assume I have to select both bone layers and find the BIND BONE layer options. But I am not seeing that option. I am using Moho 12.

Any advice?

[hayasidist]

select the eye bone layer then
in the Bone menu is a "Bind Layer" tool button (icon is a "page" with a bone sticking out of it) - click that, then
click on the bone in the main skeleton that controls the head..
and the head bone will turn "fat" showing it has been bound.

(see Moho12 manual p100-101)


as has been done in this Moho12.2 example... https://www.mediafire.com/?766h5nv7hpb96hs

[ilovelessons]

Thank you so much I would have never figured that out myself... thanks again mate

[hayasidist]

you're most welcome!