Most likely you have selected the entire model from the model's name tag and moved your model with the entire of it in the graph editor. That means that you are basically moving EVERY bone and control point of it at the same time to soe direction. Because the bones have different "default" orientations with each other, moving every one of them will move also all the bones with a differing local orientation that makes the location transforming incorrect and the effect similar to what your image displayed will happen.

For now. If you want to move your entire model, just go into the motion editor and select your entire model and move it. In motion editor, moving an entire model doesn't distort it like in the graph editor. Because motion editor gives it a "fixed" parallel movement axises for all the bones at once. Also when you are going to edit some bones particularly, you may want to rig your model. It will make stuff a lot easier :)

Originally posted by Wisaƒ:

Most likely you have selected the entire model from the model's name tag and moved your model with the entire of it in the graph editor. That means that you are basically moving EVERY bone and control point of it at the same time to soe direction. Because the bones have different "default" orientations with each other, moving every one of them will move also all the bones with a differing local orientation that makes the location transforming incorrect and the effect similar to what your image displayed will happen.

For now. If you want to move your entire model, just go into the motion editor and select your entire model and move it. In motion editor, moving an entire model doesn't distort it like in the graph editor. Because motion editor gives it a "fixed" parallel movement axises for all the bones at once. Also when you are going to edit some bones particularly, you may want to rig your model. It will make stuff a lot easier :)

That makes a ton of sense! Everything works now - thank you so much! :)

always grab the models with the pelvis ONLY if you wish to move the whole model in general