Parent child: pos in local space, rot in world space needed

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I am trying to setup a rig in which joints translate according to their parent-child relation but where the rotation is being evaluated and set in world space.
Until now no success. Did try to unparent the control-rig hierarchy and insert a form of position constraint between the (former)parent and child, but documentation about pos-constraining is sparse in APEX. Would not know how to do that with the proper offsets. Also I need to do it on 32 segments so automation is key here as well. Could anyone maybe give me a hint how to approach?
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Here I have created controls using the original point positions and constrained the original to the new ones with a offset.
Edited by william_harley - Nov. 7, 2024 15:29:34

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If you are simply looking to have the handles align with world you can set the handles in the ctrl+g menu

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