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Rig any character.

Creatures, characters and faces you can pose, all set up in the viewport.

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Things to make
a scanned clockwork robot on a skeleton built by hand, swaying as its arms swing
01

Rig a tube creature

Bones inside, skin bound, the shoulder fixed by hand.

  1. Place the joints in the viewport.
  2. Bind the skin, measured through the body.
  3. Paint the weights where the shoulder pinches.
3DGeoRigSkeleton→3DGeoRigCaptureBiharmonic→3DGeoRigWeightPaint→3DGeoRigDeform
weights painted on a tube creature
weights painted on a tube creature
02

Make a character reach

Hands stay on their targets. The spine twists to help. Feet stay put.

  1. Give each hand a target.
  2. Let the whole body help with the reach.
  3. Drag the targets around.
3DGeoRigSkeleton→3DGeoRigFullBodyIK→3DGeoRigDeform
a figure reaching for two drifting balls, its spine twisting to help
03

Rig legs that roll through a step

One setting per foot rolls it through heel, ball and toe.

  1. Mark the heel, ball and toe.
  2. Add a foot roll.
  3. Turn the roll. The knee and ankle follow.
3DGeoRigSkeleton→3DGeoRigReverseFoot→3DGeoRigDeform
one foot rolling, one flat
one foot rolling, one flat
04

Set up a rig an animator will love

Handles to grab, IK or FK on the arms, a table of every joint.

  1. Add a control to every joint you want to grab.
  2. Pick a shape for each.
  3. Put an IK and FK switch on the arms.
3DGeoRigControls→3DGeoRigControlShapes→3DGeoRigIkFkSwitch
rig controls on a character
rig controls on a character
05

Make a tail wag

Lag, jiggle or spring, on any chain of bones.

  1. Pick the tail joints.
  2. Add follow-through and choose how it moves.
  3. Swing the hips. The tail catches up.
3DGeoRigSkeleton→3DGeoRigSecondaryMotion→3DGeoRigDeform
three tails, three ways to follow
three tails, three ways to follow
06

Drive a face with yours

Your webcam reads jaw, smile, blink and brow. The character copies you.

  1. Turn on the webcam.
  2. Read your face as named expressions.
  3. Feed them to the character's face shapes.
VideoCaptureInterface→LocalAIImageToBlendshapes→3DGeoRigBlendShapes→3DGeoRigDeform
a smile mixed in
a smile mixed in
Take it further

It all connects.

Every part of Kinematic works with the others. Wire one into the next.

Create

Make it move

Key it, blend walks, or record yourself.

3DGeoRigClipEvaluate→3DGeoRigDeform
Show me →Create

Let it fall

Hand the rig to physics as a ragdoll.

3DGeoRigRagdollConfigure→3DGeoRigRagdollSolve
Show me →Create

Rig a scan

Fit a skeleton inside a scanned person.

3DGeoSplatRigFit→3DGeoSplatSkin
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Keep going
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Rigging guide, under Help in the app→Browse the Create demos→Coming from Maya?→Coming from Cinema 4D?→

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