When turned on, flips the display of the toe selection handles. In FK mode, clicking a selection handle selects all the FK controls for the toe. In IK mode, clicking a selection handle selects the root control of the IK toe.

A larger value dampens the effect of the IK solve, smoothing its snapping effects at the cost of accuracy.

A larger value allows more stretch for the IK chain when the target is beyond the length of the chain.

Sets the accuracy of the solve. A higher value is faster but less accurate.

When turned on, uses the pole vector to twist the IK chain.

When turned on, sets the root controls to world orientation.

When turned on, sets the pole vector controls to world orientation.

When turned on, sets the tip controls to world orientation.

When turned on, uses the goal rotation for the target orientation. When turned off, uses the solver’s position for the target orientation.

When turned on, resists straightening of the IK chain.

The amount to offset the pole vector in the direction of the middle joint (between the root and tip). The IK chain must be slightly bent for this to work.

Segments are tags that separate each foot. For example, *foot loops over tags L_foot and R_foot. Tags can be set up on skeleton joints using an Attribute Adjust Array SOP. See preparing skeletons for rigging for more information.

If segments is empty, the foot logic is run once.

Tags that separate each toe. This is required to set up IK for the toes (when Piano Feet is turned on).

A pattern that specifies how to rename the toe segments in a foot. You can use this if your toe segments have a generic tag name like toeA, as opposed to something like L_toeA and R_toeA.

For example, let’s say you've tagged the following joints in your skeleton:

• Foot joints (including the ankle and toe joints) with tags L_foot_upper and R_foot_upper.

• Toe joints on both feet with tags toeA, toeB, toeC, toeD, and toeE.

  

Set Foot Segments to *foot* and Toe Subsegments to toe*.

In this parameter, specify the part of the foot segment name to strip off, leaving a prefix and/or suffix that is then added to the toe segment name. For example, if you set Rename Subsegments to *foot*, the part of the foot segment name before foot is the prefix that is added to the toe segment name, and the part after foot is the suffix that is added to the toe segment name. In our case, the toe segment toeA on the left foot would be renamed to L_toeA_upper.

If the toe segments don’t have generic names, or this is left empty, the toe segments are not renamed.

The ankle control. This can be set to a tag or control name. See the Heel parameter for more information.

The heel control. This can be set to a tag or control name. If set to a tag like #heel, it will look in the skeleton for a joint with the tag heel. If a joint is found, it will create a heel control at that joint. If no joint is found, it will create a heel control with a default name (for example, Heel_ctrl) at the position defined by Heel Offset. If this parameter is set to a name, it will create a heel control with that name at the position defined by the Heel Offset.

The control for the ball joint. This can be set to a tag or control name. See the Heel parameter for more information.

The rotation control for the ball joint. This can be set to a tag or control name. See the Heel parameter for more information.

The tilt control for one side of the foot. This can be set to a tag or control name. See the Heel parameter for more information.

The tilt control for the other side of the foot. This can be set to a tag or control name. See the Heel parameter for more information.

The control at the tip of the toe. This can be set to a tag or control name. See the Heel parameter for more information.

The name to add to the root control of the IK toes.

The name to add to the pole vector of the IK toes.

The name to add to the target control of the IK toes.

When turned on, adds FK and IK controls for the toes. To set up IK controls for the toes, you must tag the toe joints and specify the toe segments in Toe Subsegments. When turned off, this is essentially the reverse foot component.

The position of the ankle control.

The position of the heel control. You don’t need to have a heel joint before using this component.

The position of the tilt controls. These controls are identical on both sides of the rig, so A and B are determined by how you set up the side roll.

The placement of the toe. If this component cannot find a toe, one is automatically created and adjusted so that the toe control is at the tip of the foot.

The position of the toe up vector.

The amount of tilt to apply. The tilt is controlled using a slider in the menu.

The amount of rotation to apply to the roll. The roll is controlled using a slider in the menu.

When turned on, inverts the tilt behavior.

When turned on, inverts the roll behavior.

The height of the ground plane that the foot controls are projected onto. If the character’s waist is at ground level, this value needs to be adjusted to the level of the character’s feet.

The toes to add metacarpal controls for. This parameter accepts APEX path patterns, so you can add tags to the toe joints and specify tags in this field, for example, #meta.

The up vector of the look at constraint.

The parent of the foot setup.

The parent of the root control(s) of the IK toes. When empty, the root control has the same parent as the root node of the IK chain. To unparent the root control, set this parameter to an underscore (“_”).

The parent of the tip control(s) of the IK toes. When empty, the tip is not parented.

The parent of the pole vector(s) of the IK toes. When empty, the pole vector is parented to the tip.

The tags to add to the root TransformObject nodes of the IK toes.

The tags to add to the pole vector TransformObject nodes of the IK toes.

The tags to add to the target TransformObject nodes of the IK toes.

The shape of the root controls of the IK toes. It can be set to any of the built-in APEX control shapes.

The color of the control shapes.

The rotation of the FK toe control shapes.

The scale of the control shapes.