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I have made a basic cardboard box model, and I'm trying to use bones for control/as a hinge. is there a way to make other objects push on the flaps controlled by a bone or must I animate this effect manually?(i.e. dropping a bowling ball onto a close box and having it move th flaps out of the way on the way down)

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  • $\begingroup$ Do you need to use bones? this could be more easily accomplished other ways. $\endgroup$ – Scalia Dec 13 '14 at 22:11
  • $\begingroup$ you could use rigidbodys , or make a center IK rig that moves all pieces $\endgroup$ – Knuckles209cp Dec 13 '14 at 22:56
  • $\begingroup$ @Knuckles209cp I don't think that would work as well as you would expect. $\endgroup$ – GiantCowFilms Dec 13 '14 at 23:54
  • $\begingroup$ not necessarily need bones if there's another way to bend the flaps without going into edit mode and manually changing the shape. $\endgroup$ – user16973 Dec 14 '14 at 0:58
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Here, I've set up a simple box that is weight painted so the main bone only influences the flap. The tip bone is there for the IK setup.(not sure I did this entirely right since I'm still just learning this as well)

Anyways, here are a few pics. First you can add a loopcut to the edge of the flap to limit the weight paint so the bone does not affect the rest of the box.

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Now the weight paint setup.

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There is an Empty added near the tip of the IK controller bone which is referenced in the IK constriant which I added to that bone as shown next.

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I also added rotation locks to both bones so they can only move in one axis. The image shows 2 places where this can be done.

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Next is an animation showing the result of moving the Empty.

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