= Rigging =

A character's _skeleton_ drives the character's motion. The skeleton
[captures geometry|char_capture]  and controls the geometry's
deformation.

To create skeletons in Houdini you work with bones (unlike some other 3D
packages where the focus is on _joints_) at the [object
level|/basics/objects] . Each bone has an _orientation_ and a
_length_ that define its shape. The bone's position is generally
determined by its parent. The bone's orientation is relative to the
parent, so rotations start at (0, 0, 0).

- [Rigging tips and guidelines|rigging_tips]
- [How to draw and edit bones|draw_bones]