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Crab Rig :crab:

Here it is, the crab!

Previous Versions

Have a look at the livestream above along with these new videos below for how to use it effectively.


Overview

A very simple, FK-only rig (that can also be scaled!)

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2152766/176870322-f04d3b08-1733-4329-8112-1709e39b0a87.mp4

Reset

Reset all controllers to their default value by setting all translate and rotate values to 0.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2152766/176870352-976015ce-5909-42ae-8c87-c65d81c29bb8.mp4

X-Ray

Controls can be overlaid on-top of the mesh via the x-ray mode.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2152766/176870329-bd06bfbc-92db-4be5-9293-42eb8f0245c0.mp4

Simulation

Unhide the solver and show Plugin Shapes to see the simulation.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2152766/176870338-07e70050-eb9a-45e6-9a2e-697c1748e93f.mp4

Record

Recording works as you’d expect, animation ends up on each individual FK control.

The havoc happening during the livestream was due to the new Closed Loop option in the Record dialog, so ensure to untick that when recording the crab. It doesn’t have any loops anyway.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2152766/176870356-baa4be57-628b-4868-b437-0b7879a44a39.mp4

Locomotion

Since the rig is FK-only, you can apply locomotion to pins instead.

  1. Select body
  2. Select each foot
  3. Ragdoll → Constrain → Pin
  4. Ragdoll → Assign Plan

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2152766/176870363-8241f34f-da73-471c-a65e-e90011dc815b.mp4

A licence server and install instructions coming up next!

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