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Robot Rigging: Join + Parent Bone or Parent to Empty Group
There isn't a single right answer to which is better.
Usually, visually, the two models are going to be identical, whether they're armature deformed from single assigned groups or bone parented. (...
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mesh shrink too much when i move a bone
This appears to be a simple weight painting error combined with a joint misplacement.
The top of the shoulder is not weighted with the arm, so it digs into it like a rigid shoulder plate armor piece. ...
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Heat Weighting: Failed to find solution for one or more bones - Already Tried Merging
You need to apply the scale of the armature and object with CtrlA. Unparent the object with AltP. In Edit mode recalculate the normals of your object as they are flipped with ShiftN. Merge by Distance ...
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How to parent shutter lens rig to object
You need to use local space in all constraints to get what you want.
Clear the controller rotation(Empty.002),
Apply the shutters rotation(Circle.001-010),
Parent the other objects to the protrusion(...
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issues with a bone and weight paint not changing mesh
The problem is that the vertices at the center are part of only one group and in that case, even if they are part of this group at a weight of 0.1, the bone will act as if it has an influence of 1, ...
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