HumanIK menu bar

Show/Hide menu

Lets you toggle the display of each component of the selected character. Select from the following options:

Whole Rig: Show or hide both IK and FK objects.
IK: Show or hide IK objects.
FK: Show or hide FK objects.
Skeleton: Show or hide the joint and bone objects for the selected character.
Geometry: Show or hide the skin of the selected character.

Select menu

All Rig Objects

Selects both IK and FK objects.

IK

Selects only IK objects.

FK

Selects only FK objects.

Body Parts

Select from the following:

Left Arm
Right Arm
Left Leg
Right Leg
Spine
Head Neck
Hips
Left Hand Fingers
Right Hand Fingers
Left Foot Toes
Right Foot Toes
Fingers menu
Toes menu

From the Fingers menu, select from the following:

Left Hand Thumb
Left Hand Index
Left Hand Middle
Left Hand Ring
Left Hand Pinky
Left Hand Extra Finger
Right Hand Thumb
Right Hand Index
Right Hand Middle
Right Hand Ring
Right Hand Pinky
Right Hand Extra Finger

From the Toes menu, select from the following:

Left Foot Thumb
Left Foot Index
Left Foot Middle
Left Foot Ring
Left Foot Pinky
Left Foot Extra Finger
Left Foot Thumb
Left Foot Index
Left Foot Middle
Left Foot Ring
Left Foot Pinky
Left Foot Extra Finger

Skeleton

Selects the joint objects.

Geometry

Selects the character mesh.

HIK-PropertySet

Selects the retargeting HIKProperty2State node and displays advanced retargeting attributes in the Attribute Editor. These settings are for advanced users who want to adjust specific HIK solver parameters.

HIK-Character

Selects the HIK character node.

Retarget menu

Select Retarget Settings node

Selects the retargeting HIKProperty2State node and displays advanced retargeting attributes in the Attribute Editor or Channel Box. The main attributes you want to adjust for HIK retargeting are listed under the Retarget Specific and Reach headings. See Retarget Specific attributes and Adjust retargeting parameters for more information.

NoteThe Property2State node also includes many other HIK solver attributes such as Solving and Floor Contact that do not apply to the retargeting process. Those attributes are beyond the scope of this documentation.

Select Retargeter

Selects the HIKRetargeter node in the Attribute Editor.

Control Rig menu

Go to Stance Pose: Sets the Control Rig to its default T-stance pose.
Select Control Rig: Selects the Control Rig for the current character.
Look and Feel: Set whether the Control Rig objects (IK and FK objects) use the look and feel of MotionBuilder or Maya. MotionBuilder rigs have semi-transparent blue, red, and yellow markers on a character model’s joints, and Maya Control Rig objects display as wireframe circles.

Bake menu

Bake To Skeleton: Bakes the retargeted animation to the skeleton (joint objects) and deletes the Control Rig (if your character has one.) Select this option when you are finished adjusting the retargeted animation.
Bake To Control Rig: Bakes the retargeted animation to the Control Rig objects. The Control Rig objects receive one keyframe for each frame of the retargeted animation.

Select this option if you want to continue adjusting the retargeted animation, but you no longer need the source character in your scene.

Package menu

Current Character: Packages the current character and its related nodes into one asset node. (See Asset overview for more information.)
Current Character Retargeters: Packages the retargeting nodes for the current character into one asset node.
All Characters: Packages all HIK characters in the scene into one asset node.
All Character Retargeters: Packages the retargeting nodes for all HIK characters in the scene into one asset node.