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Custom Rig tab

 
 
 

Custom rigs are typically driven by some combination of ikHandles, constraints and other miscellaneous nodes. The Custom Rig tab provides a visual interface for mapping your custom rig, and retargeting tools to transfer data from other HumanIK defined characters.

The Custom Rig tab contains the following main areas:

The following table provides a brief overview of tasks using the Custom Rig tab.

To... Do this

Map an effector.

Select an effector then -click the corresponding cell in the Character representation and select Assign Selected Effector.

Adjust the mapping method for an effector.

Click or .

Change a mapped effector.

Select an effector then -click the corresponding cell in the Character representation and select Replace Assigned Effector .

Clear a mapped effector.

-click the cell in the Character representation and select Clear .

Clear all mapped effectors in the current view (full body, neck, or spine view).

-click any cell in the view and select Clear All in View .

Clear all mapped effectors for the current character.

-click any cell in the Character representation and select Clear All .

Save a custom rig mapping.

Click .

Load a custom rig mapping.

Click .

Load a custom character layout.

Select > Edit > Custom Rig > Load UI Configuration.

Update a custom character layout

Select > Edit > Custom Rig > Update UI Configuration.

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