Joint Tool marking menus

Joint Tool marking menu

Access the following options by + + -clicking anywhere in the scene when the Joint Tool is active.

Edit Joints

When selected, opens a sub-menu with the following options:

Add

Activates the Joint Tool and puts you in joint creation mode. This option lets you start a new joint chain or branch an existing joint chain. See Create a joint or joint chain.

Remove

Deletes the current joint and unites the remaining joints and bones into a single joint chain. See Remove joints. This option performs the same function as selecting Skeleton > Remove Joint from the main menu. See Remove joints.

Insert

Lets you add an additional joint to an existing joint chain. This option performs the same function as selecting Skeleton > Insert Joint from the main menu. See Insert joints.

Symmetry

When selected, opens a sub-menu with the following options:

Y-axis

Turns Y-axis symmetry on.

Z-axis

Turns Z-axis symmetry on.

X-axis

Turns X-axis symmetry on.

Off

Turns symmetry Off. No symmetry connections are created.

Joint marking menu

Access the following options by -clicking on a joint at any time, whether the Joint Tool is active or not.

Edit Joints

When selected, opens a sub-menu with the following options:

Add

Activates the Joint Tool and puts you in joint creation mode. This option lets you start a new joint chain or branch an existing joint chain. See Create a joint or joint chain.

Remove

Deletes the current joint and unites the remaining joints and bones into a single joint chain. See Remove joints. This option performs the same function as selecting Skeleton > Remove Joint from the main menu. See Remove joints.

Insert

Lets you add an additional joint to an existing joint chain. This option performs the same function as selecting Skeleton > Insert Joint from the main menu. See Insert joints.

Assume Preferred Angle

Returns the current skeleton's joints to the angles they possessed when their preferred angles were initially set. See Skeleton > Assume Preferred Angle.

Break Symmetry

Lets you break multiple symmetry connections on the selected joint(s) in one operation. The Break Symmetry option is only available when Symmetry is enabled.

TipTo break all symmetry connections on the entire hierarchy, -click the root joint and select Hierarchy before selecting Break Symmetry from the joint marking menu.

Set Preferred Angle

Sets the current skeleton's preferred angles. See Skeleton > Set Preferred Angle.

Related Topics

• Joint Tool
• Create symmetric joints or joint chains