CARTOONY CHARACTER RIG:

RIG FEATURES- STRETCHY LEGS/ARMS/SPINE/NECK

- VOLUME PRESERVATION W/ OFFSET

- TWIST DISTRIBUTION W/ OFFSET

- BENDY RIBBONS W/ SCALE

- KNEELOCK & ELBOWLOCK

- KNEESLIDE & ELBOWSLIDE

- SWITCH BETWEEN STANDARD-PV & NOFLIP-PV- ADJUSTABLE LENGTH ON EACH LIMB

- SCALABLE HEAD, HANDS, FEET

- STANDARD STUFF (OPTIONS/ATTRIBUTES/SPACESWITCHES/ETC)- NO EXPRESSIONS (NATIVE MAYA NODES ONLY)

DEFORMATIONS ARE DRIVEN BYJOINTS AND CORRECTIVE BLENDSHAPES

RIG CONSISTS OF SCRIPTED COMPONENTS FORNECK & HEAD | FINGERS | SPINE | ARMS | LEGS

TWISTEXTRACTORS | RIBBONS

MECHANICAL CAT RIG:

RIG INFORMATION- STANDARD IK-DRIVEN QUAD-SETUP

- NO OFFSETS OR CYCLE ERRORS

- SCALABLE

- SWITCH FOR PROXY

- NO EXPRESSIONS (NATIVE MAYA NODES ONLY)

RIG CHALLENGEOF THE 437 DIFFERENT PARTS, 406 OF THEM

CAN ROTATE IN ONE AXIS ONLY

DEFORMATIONS ARE DRIVEN BYJOINTS SKINNED TO EACH PART

MODEL INFORMATIONMODELED BY NICO STROBBE AS A RIGGING-CHALLENGE

AT HTTP://WWW.CGSOCIETY.ORG IN 2010

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TWIST EXCTRACTOR:

THIS SETUP CONSISTS OF- 3X TWISTEXTRACTORS

- 2X CUSTOM RIBBONS

- 1X ARM RIG

THE TWISTEXTRACTOR’SEXTRACTS A STABLE TWIST FROM THE DOWN-AXIS OF EACH JOINT

UP 360/-360 DEGREES WITHOUT FLIPPING, REGARDLESS OF

ROTATION ORDER

THE RIBBON’SHAVE SEPARATE ATTRIBUTES FOR THE TWIST, WHEN COMBINED

WITH A TWISTEXTRACTOR IT WON’T FLIP IN ANY AXIS OTHER

THAN THE DOWN-AXIS BECAUSE OF THE TWISTEXTRACTOR’S LIMIT

OF 360/-360 DEGREES

CUSTOM RIBBON W/ PROCEDURAL TWIST/SCALE:

RIG INFORMATION- SCALABLE

- NO EXPRESSIONS (NATIVE MAYA NODES ONLY)

RIG FEATURES- FAST EVALUATION

- UNLIMITED TWIST IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

- BLENDABLE TWIST AFFECTION IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

- ADJUSTABLE SCALE AFFECTION IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

- ADJUSTABLE SCALE AMPLITUDE

- ADJUSTABLE POSITION OF THE SCALE

- SCRIPTED TO WORK WITH ANY NUMBER OF JOINTS

USAGEANYWHERE YOU WOULD HAVE USED A STANDARD RIBBON

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CUSTOM RIBBON W/ PROCEDURAL SINE

RIG INFORMATION- SCALABLE

- NO EXPRESSIONS (NATIVE MAYA NODES ONLY)

RIG FEATURES- FAST EVALUATION

- NO NEED TO PLAYBACK TO EVALUATE (SEE THE RESULT)- ADJUSTABLE LENGTH & AMPLITUDE OF THE SINE

- ADJUSTABLE POSITION OF THE SINE

- OPTION FOR LENGTH PRESERVATION OF THE SINE

- SCRIPTED TO WORK WITH ANY NUMBER OF JOINTS

MORE INFOFULL PRESENTATION CAN BE SEEN HERE:HTTP://WWW.RIGANIMATOR.COM/PROCEDURAL-SINE/

CARTOONY WHEEL RIG V. 2

RIG INFORMATION- SCALABLE

- NO EXPRESSIONS (NATIVE MAYA NODES ONLY)

RIG FEATURES- SWITCH FOR PROXY

- SUPPORTS BLENDSHAPES WHILE MAINTAINING THE

RELATIVE WHEELSPIN

- THE PROXY WILL BE IDENTICAL REGARDLESS OF THE WHEEL, WHICH MEANS A BLENDSHAPE WILL WORK ON ANY WHEEL-TYPE

- SEVERAL ATTRIBUTES FOR WHEELSPIN, ALL OF WHICH ARE

SUMMED BEFORE APPLIED TO THE WHEEL ITSELF

- ALL MACRO-CONTROLLERS ARE SCALEABLE

- OPTION FOR MICRO-CONTROLLERS FOR EXTRA CONTROL

- SCRIPTED TO WORK ON ANY TYPE OF WHEEL

MORE INFOAUTORIG SCRIPT CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM HERE:HTTP://WWW.RIGANIMATOR.COM/SCRIPT-CARTOONY-WHEEL-RIG-V2/

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DYNAMIC TRANSFORM COMPONENT:

RIG INFORMATION- SCALEABLE

- NO EXPRESSIONS (NATIVE MAYA NODES ONLY)

THE RIG CONSISTS OFA CONTROLLER WITH A DYNAMIC LOCATOR BELOW IT, THE

DYNAMICS OF THE LOCATOR IS DRIVEN BY TWO HAIR-SYSTEMS

USAGE- CAN BE USED ON ANY TRANSFORM TO ADD DYNAMICS TO

RIGID PARTS AND/OR SOFT PARTS

- EXAMPLE: DRIVING A JOINT PLACED ON A CHARACTERS’ STOMACH/THIGH TO ADD A JIGGLY-FLESH EFFECT

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