Lesson 4: Inverse kinematics

Topics in this section

• Introduction
• Open the scene for the lesson
• Understanding hierarchies
• Viewing hierarchies using the Hypergraph
• Creating a skeleton hierarchy
• Parenting a model into a skeleton hierarchy
• Applying IK to a skeleton hierarchy
• Creating a control object for an IK system
• Constraining an IK system
• Limiting the range of motion of an IK system
• Simplifying the display of a hierarchy
• Applying parent constraints on an IK system
• Planning an animation for an IK system
• Animating an IK system
• Beyond the lesson