Match and Guide poses

 
 
 

Specify whether your pose is a Match or a Guide pose when performing a Ragdoll pose solve.

Viewer window A. Match pose B. Guide pose

When you activate the Match option in the Pose Settings Match column, you set the corresponding pose as a goal that the Character must meet. Match poses appear in the Viewer window as a red stick figure.

When you leave the Match option deactivated in the Match column, you are specifying a Guide pose. Use a Guide pose when you want the character to attempt to conform to a pose but not perform unrealistic contortions to ensure that the pose is assumed. Guide poses appear in the Viewer window as a green stick figure.

To make the character meet the pose, specify a Match pose by activating the Match option in the row of the corresponding pose.

Tip You can translate and rotate Match and Guide poses if you select a pose “joint”, and translate or rotate it.