IK : Interactive mesh deformation

Unity Engine
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Hi,

I have a skinned mesh (cylinder) containing 5 bones. We want the cylinder to bend (deform), when a constraint (game object) attached at the top portion of cylinder is moved with a mouse.
I have seen the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNrrd_XhPMA&feature=related.

In the forum thread
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/40431-IK-Chain?highlight=chain

they have given the inverse sine cardinal function for IK. We would like it be integrated into a skinned mesh.
Could any one suggest some useful tips, tutorials, techniques to achieve this.

Thanks

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The ‘bones’ for a skinned mesh in unity are nothing more than references to transforms in the scene. You could either manually or procedurally change the referenced transforms to the IK chain.

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Check out the Head-Look Controller

http://unity3d.com/support/resources/unity-extensions/head-look-controller

Based on the functionality you require it might be all you need. Or at least you can have a look at how it’s done in the scripts provided