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Articulating the upper armature

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Articulating the upper armature

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- [Instructor] Chapter 06_03, we've got the articulation of the upper armature. That's this whole thing that we've combined. So it's got several different ways in which it moves. This thing will pivot at that point. The whole thing will spin at this point. Bare in mind there will be a cable as well, so it limits the spin. And then it also rotates around this point. So to get the rotation on that point, let's have a look at that. So use the rotation tool. If you're using this file, then the back arrow is what you want. If you've made this yourself, then you might be in the red direction, so that's the forward arrow. And then we click on that, sort of the end of that little guide, and then we've got pivot in here. Obviously this now comes out, because it's no longer attached at that point. Sadly the whole thing doesn't automatically move which would be a really nice thing to do. But this is the way that thing pivots. So as this moves up like so, then this thing obviously gets closer to…

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