Quadruped Auto Rig

Creates a full Auto Rig for a quadruped character.

This tool puts down a Quadruped Auto Rig. This rig is ready to create corresponding animation and deform rigs for use in production.

Using Quadruped Auto Rig

Click the Quadruped Auto Rig button on the Auto Rigs tab.

Note	If you Shift + the button you will get a list of different types of quadruped auto rigs to choose from.

The character is always placed at the origin and cannot be moved.

Parameters

Character Name

The name of your character and the name of the file that gets created.

Library Path

The location where your file is saved.

Animation Parameter Layout

Tabbed	Animation parameters for body parts will be separated into separate tabs for each body part.
Vertical	Animation parameters for body parts will be created in a single vertical list, similar to the Armature tab on the Auto Rig node.

Deform Type

Allows you to choose either bones or muscles for your deformation rig. By default the Deform Type is set to Bones, which allows you to edit capture regions, weights, and blends.

Mode

Create New Rig	Creates new animation and deform rigs based on the Auto Rig.
Modify Scene Rig	Modifies the control positions of an existing Animation Rig to match the positions of the Auto Rig.
Match Autorig with Scene Rig	Modifies the control positions of the Auto Rig to to match the positions of the Animation Rig.

Rig Path

The rig on which to perform the Create/Modify/Match functions.

Create/Modify/Match Rig

Perform the selected set rig function.

Display Source Geometry

Toggle the display of the supplied source geometry.

Use Geometry

Allows you to get source geometry from a file or a scene.

Geometry File

The path of the geometry file.

Scene Object

The path of the scene object.

Symmetry

Turns the character’s symmetry on or off.

Character Scale

Allows you to re-size the character.

Armature

Provides the position controls for each body part of the Auto Rig.

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.
Proxy File	The file where proxy geometry will be written.
Save Geometry	Write the displayed proxy geometry to file.

The body part sub-tabs allow you to translate, rotate, and scale the proxy cutting controls of the Quadruped Auto Rig.

Preferences