Question Attaching CUA to lower leg/upper leg/upper arm

[JackyCracky]

Hi everyone,

I've seen many threads about this but not for my specific problem, but I'm sure I'm missing something.
I'm trying to attach a CUA to the lower leg, but the closest nodes I can link it to is either the knee or foot.
But the CUA is exactly in the middle of those two.

I've run through all the right steps and even use the ParentHoldLink plugin from MacGruber.
The weird thing is; when I test it with an animation preset such as belly dance or a standard walk sequence, it works perfectly.
But when I change the pose (i.e. load a pose preset) the thing jumps to the side of the leg or rotates in a weird way, and it's not in the correct place anymore.

Anyone know what's going on?

Thanks in advance!
Cheers, Jacky

 

[JackyCracky]

Update: when I load a pose in which the nodes I link the CUA's to are set to "ON", the CUA will change positions slightly.
When I then select those nodes the CUA's are linked to, and set the control for position and rotation to "OFF", the CUA's will be in the correct position again.
Does this mean I cannot use the nodes that I link CUA's to for any kind of posing or animation?

 

[JackyCracky]

Update2: Nevermind, I got it working. Apparently you're not supposed to link a CUA to a "Control" node, since then it will follow exactly this control node and nothing else. You should use nodes without "Control", like rThigh, rShin, rShldr etc. So if anyone else encounters this problem, this solves it.