help with bone rotation

[Larry Brekke]

Hello. I'm a new LW 7.5 user who is attempting to experiment with bones. I'd like to know if there is better way to achieve a precise rotation of a bone than by using only the mouse to rotate the bone? I've been trying to get a bone rotated to a desired position, but it doesn't seem to be very user friendly. I've tried changing the view in layout thinking it would help me to control the rotation better, but this didn't seem to help very much.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
-Larry

[Larry Brekke]

Not sure if this will help someone post an answer to my question, but I do own LightWave and I have read the manual (and also Dan Ablans book). But the rotating of a bone still seems kind of difficult to do (in a precise fashion).
thanks!
Larry

[Jaffro]

You can always use the numeric entry fields in the bottom left of layout. Also you might try toggling an axis on or off to help by moving one axis at a time. The only other accurate way i can think of is using the graph editor, but if it looks right then it is right no? Hope this helps!

[Larry Brekke]

Yes, that's very helpful....thanks!
Larry