Install Rig Plugin
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A question came up in the new users forum as to what the Install Rig Plug-in does. The video referenced does address the plug-in, but it also addresses a simple "squetching scheme" first, and then eventually demonstrates creating a complicated INSTALL rig. For my own purposes, after watching, I decided to document what I gleaned from the video, because I ...well...uh...forget...if I don't write it down. So in case this summary might be useful for others, I offer it here. Please David, Mark, correct any mistakes in my description, or add info: One uses the INSTALL RIG plugin usually when when one wants to install an already existing (usually com…
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The InstallRig plugin is only a helper to organize the hierarchy of the bones. As David mentioned, it deletes bones with INSTALL in their name and reparents (if required), hides the control bones and unhides any bone with GEOM in their name. The squetch rig requires a constraint setup for the installation process, which interferes with the relationships for the actual rig. So the final import model is just for importing the relationships/poses. The 2008 rig uses the InstallRig plugin to delete the INSTALL bones and unhide the GEOM bones. There is no final import for the 2008 rig, because it was designed to use the FK setup for installation, which positions the I…
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I just noticed the install rig plugin but it doesn't seem to do anything and I can't find any reference to it in the forum. Do I have to have bones setup in the model prior to running the plugin?
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Exactly what operations does the riginstaller.hxt plugin do?
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David Simmons has once again contributed a tutorial delving deep into the art of rigging, constraints and 'squetching'. In this tutorial he even demonstrates how to build an installation rig for use with Hash Inc's new plugin for that purpose. Definitely something to check out and add to your toolbox! Making an Installation Rig (21MB .ZIP) Movie File (Note: Temporarily removed pending placement of a streaming version.) Making an Installation Rig Movie (22MB Streaming MOV) Important Information A:M v10 and v11T will require DLL files for he rig installation plugin: http://www.animationmaster.com/amtutes/tut...n_dll_files.zip (4KB .ZIP) …
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