Maya Rendering Guides

Create a pole vector constraint

• Select Create ^ Locator.
• Hold down v to enable Snap to Point, then snap the locator on the lElbow joint.
• Move the locator back on the Z-axis by about 5 units.
• Select Modify ^ Freeze Transformations.
• With the locator selected, Shift-select the lArmIk handle.
• Select Constrain ^ Pole Vector.

The pole vector constraint will connect the locator's position to the IK handle's Pole Vector attribute. By doing this, you can now control the rotation of the arm using a visual indicator.

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A pole vector locator

• Rename the locator to lArmPv.