Swivel angle of an HIK handle as an input for a float expression

Submitted by griffinanimator on Tue, 2012-05-08 10:32

Hi again Max folks. I almost have this spine done, but I am stuck on one last thing. I am trying to use the swivel angle of an HIK handle as an input for a float expression, but I can't find the correct syntax. Here is an example of what I have so far.

addIndex = sp + 1
splineIkInput[sp].transform.controller.swivelAngle.controller = Float_Expression ()
splineFloatExpression = "(midSwvl + hipCtrl) / 2"
splineIkInput[sp].transform.controller.swivelAngle.controller.AddScalarTarget"hipCtrl" splineCtlInput[1].rotation.controller.Z_Rotation.controller
splineIkInput[sp].transform.controller.swivelAngle.controller.AddScalarTarget"midSwvl" ( Stuck HERE)
splineIkInput[sp].transform.controller.swivelAngle.controller.setExpression splineFloatExpression

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Submitted by griffinanimator on Wed, 2012-05-09 14:13.

More info

in this line...
splineIkInput[sp].transform.controller.swivelAngle.controller.AddScalarTarget"midSwvl" ( Stuck HERE)

I meant to give a little more info...
splineIkInput[sp].transform.controller.swivelAngle.controller.AddScalarTarget"midSwvl" splineIkInput[3].transform.controller.swivelAngle

The problem is that max seems to get the current swivel angle value, not the actual controller.

-- Runtime error: IExprCtrl::AddScalarTarget - Target needs to be controller or subAnim, got: 0.0

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