Quadruped Front Leg

Creates an Auto Rig front leg for a quadruped character.

See also: Create Rig, Reconnect Part, Placer, Quadruped Spine

This tool puts down an Auto Rig Quadruped Front Leg node and sets the hook object parameter. This tool is used for building quadruped characters.

Using Quadruped Front Leg

Select the hook object.

The hook object provides parent transforms to the body part.

Note

The most common hook point (ball) is highlighted yellow for easy identification.
Click the Quadruped Front Leg tool on the Auto Rigs tab.

Parameters

Hook Object	The path of the hook object.
Character Placer	The path of the character placer.
Side	Indicates the side of the body. For example, left or right.
Symmetry Override	Override the symmetry of any parts hooked to this object.
Layer	Indicates the order for the parent’s Set Rig. For example, the character placer is set to 0, the spine is set to 1, the arms and legs are set to 2 etc. This prevents the arms from being created or set before the spine when a rig is created or modified.
Rig Path	The node on which to execute the Set Rig.
Set Rig	Sets the rig on the path indicated above.
Display Controls	Makes the controls visible or invisible.
Display Wire	Makes the wire visible or invisible.
Control Scale	Allows you to re-size the controls.

Rigging

The parameters on this tab allow you to translate the leg root, shoulder, shoulder blade, elbow, wrist, hand, contact, and fingers, as well as rotate the hand. This can also be done by translating and rotating the controls in the scene view.

Proxy

Show	Shows the bounding geometry or proxy groups of the body part.
Cutting Handles	Hides or shows the cutting handles in wireframe or shaded modes.

The rest of the parameters on this sub-tab allow you to translate, rotate, and scale the proxy cutting controls of the front leg. These include: shoulder blade, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, and fingers.