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October 22, 2025 at 5:01 pm #97624
Wayne Dixon
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    Hi Charles,
    The bones ‘can’ be oriented any way  – but the most logical way is to have one of the axes line up with the world.  That way at least the X rotation matches.
    Having the Z facing backwards is ok too – but it does mean that the X rotation will be reversed (so the other way is better)

    I can see you have a question in another thread so I will elaborate over there.