When set to 1 the classic pole vector will be displayed and used to orient the IK limb. Rotating/translating/scaling the arrow will control the IK limb base. When set to 0 the IK arm will use the rotational pole vector (the arrow at the base of the limb).

Pole Vector Type Switchīoolean (0=Rotational Pole, 1=Standard pole vector) When set to FK the arm will follow the FK controls. When set to IK the arm will follow the IK controls, This value depends from the IK Follow option. When set to Parent will move along with the torso. When set to Root the IK limb will move with the root, This is an useful option if you want to create your own Child Of constraint on the IK limb towardĪnother part of the rig itself (like parenting the hand to the head). When set to 0 the IK limb will stay fixed in space whatever the rest of the rig will do. When the IK follow is set to 1 the IK limb will follow his parent depending on the Root/Parent slider. When set to 1 the FK arm will not rotate with the torso and will retain is rotation in world space instead. Click on the snap you want and it’s done! FK Limb Isolation In the Sidebar panel the snap buttons will appear. Rigify’s super limb will list the following features: IK/FK Snapping To snap one chain to another just select the control you want to snap and If you are looking in the Graph editor for those properties’ animated values, this is most likely the bone to look at. The rig features will be displayed anyway when the affected bone is selected but This is the utility bone that contains all the sub-rig properties. To select it easily, hide all other bone layers.Įach limb will have a gear widget at its base. The face master bone is placed in the same position of the head bone. In Pose Mode (see Pose Mode matching method). If you want to scale all the face bones at once, consider scaling the face master bone Then deleting the bones in Edit Mode to correctly remove the face. You can select them by displaying only bone layer 1, selecting all of its content and If you don’t need the face all the face bones can be deleted.Īll the face bones are on the first armature layer by default. They are almost useless if you plan to make facial animation through shape keys.Ĭonsider removing face features from your character if they aren’t really needed. It is suggested to keep the neck bones as aligned as possible while editing.įace: Positioning face bones can be tricky if you are not an expert in bone editing and By default the next two bones (top to bottom)Īre considered the neck bones. Torso: Keep the spine as straight as possible in the front view (Rigify human works better in predictable cases). Give the knee and the elbow a slight bend angle (Rigify needs to know where your knee/elbow is pointing). Limbs: Keep the legs as straight as possible in the front view (Rigify human works better in predictable cases). Ready to go Once you generate your rig you won’t need Rigify or any other add-on to use it. Through Python scripting you can also extend Rigify with new Rigify-types or new rig samples. Without recreating it by hand or share your meta-rigs with other people. Extendable feature set You can save and encode your meta-rigs to a button to have them available at any time You will be able to share data between them even if they have different proportions. Shareable animation through all Rigify rigs Since the control system is generated by Rigify, if you share a meta-rig through different characters Through interactive Bendy Bones controls. Advanced and flexible feature set for character animation The included rig samples (limbs, spines, tails, fingers, faces…) adds to all the stretchy FK/IK featuresĪ direct deformation secondary layer that lets you flex, bend and deform the character as you like You can re-generate your rig without losing your previously generated features and your animation data. You decide to add something more to your character (like a sixth arm or a tail), Nondisruptive re-rig If the generated rig doesn’t fit all the features you need or, for example, (FK, IK, and all the relative snapping tools and the UI) in few seconds. Rigify can handle it for you creating all the required complex controls system If you need to build a character with five arms and one leg Main Features ¶ Modular rigging Rigify build blocks can be mixed together to rig any character you want.

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