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Pose with Forward or Inverse Kinematics

Pose with Forward or Inverse Kinematics

Set-up an IK handle

 

User Guide > Rigging > Character Setup > Skeletons > Pose with Forward or Inverse Kinematics > 

Pose joints with FK

To pose and animate a joint with forward kinematics

1. Select the joint you want to animate.
2. Select the Rotate Tool (hotkey: e) from the Tool Box.

   The rotation transform manipulators appear.

3. Advance the current time indicator along the Time Slider to the point in time where you would like to set a key.
4. Rotate the joint to pose the current joint and all its child joints and then set a key (hotkey: s).

   For more information on animating with FK, see Keyframe Animation.