Make sure your on not on version 12 (update 1.1) , it's ok if you're higher or lower tho.
plugin icon needed , if you can make something that resembles this plugin while looking good, i would love for you to post it in the Discussion .
inspired by HSPE for honey select
this simple plugin lets you mirror legs and arms to the other side as well as in my opinion an easer way to pose
any feedback is appreciated.
how does it work?
1 - add it to a any thing in the scene ( don't add it twice)
2 - select a character from the popup and add it using the Add button.
* read the Keyboard and mouse shortcuts section for these to make sense
3 - open the UI by pressing the L.
. change the active atom with left arrow and right arrow ( the button with the name moves the whole atom).
. select what you want to move (hold shift to select multiple).
. hold the movement buttons and move the mouse right to left to move and rotate bones.
. the first Row of X,Y,Z is for changing the position.
. the second Row of X,Y,Z is for changing the rotation.
* you can choose to use either these buttons or the keyboard and mouse shortcuts.
SWAP:
.swap either the legs or the arms.
EX: after pressing both swap legs and arms
LOCAL:
. local: the movement is based on the characters transform.
. cam: the movement is based on the camera transform.
SYMMETRY:
. automatically mirror the left part to the right part (make sure the position states are either active or parental link).
IK LINK:
. change the body linking structure to support IK (posing by changing rotations)
EX: before and after
RESET:
. reset link ( returns the body to the default linking structure)
. reset body ( same as going to poses and clicking lode default)
Undo :credit(@saf31)
. set the undo keybind from the plugin menu
. press it to undo the last changes made to the position and rotation of all main bones
Set and Clear Links:
. select all the bones you want to link and select the desired bone you want them to be linked to last.
EX: I want to link both the right and left thigh to the hip. select both thighs then select the hip then link
. select all the bones you want to link to nothing and click clear link to clear them.
Change States:
. select all the bones you want to change their position and rotation states and click the desired state button.
COPY:
. copy either the right side or the left side from either the legs or the arms
EX: after pressing copy l leg and r arm.
Keyboard and mouse controls: (credit user xexka )
. now there's movement mode and movement axis
. Positional = default , Rotational = hold left Control
. XY = default , Z = hold left shift
* all the keybindings can be chainged now (credit user babul )
notes:
. don't add the plugin twice in the scene.
. currently the symmetry mode won't work well if the two sides aren't identical in their position and rotation states
. the source code is a mess but Donald Knuth said "premature optimization is the roots of all evil" and i took that personally ( i will fix it later i just want to add every necessary feature first)
. have fun and thank you
Todo:
.create a nicer UI
.add mirrored editing mode where your actions are mirrored to the other side directly
.custom key bindings.
.bring back the old controls
. create a tab to pose fingers.
credit:
DTBJ: character
plugin icon needed , if you can make something that resembles this plugin while looking good, i would love for you to post it in the Discussion .
inspired by HSPE for honey select
this simple plugin lets you mirror legs and arms to the other side as well as in my opinion an easer way to pose
any feedback is appreciated.
how does it work?
1 - add it to a any thing in the scene ( don't add it twice)
2 - select a character from the popup and add it using the Add button.
* read the Keyboard and mouse shortcuts section for these to make sense
3 - open the UI by pressing the L.
. change the active atom with left arrow and right arrow ( the button with the name moves the whole atom).
. select what you want to move (hold shift to select multiple).
. hold the movement buttons and move the mouse right to left to move and rotate bones.
. the first Row of X,Y,Z is for changing the position.
. the second Row of X,Y,Z is for changing the rotation.
* you can choose to use either these buttons or the keyboard and mouse shortcuts.
SWAP:
.swap either the legs or the arms.
EX: after pressing both swap legs and arms
LOCAL:
. local: the movement is based on the characters transform.
. cam: the movement is based on the camera transform.
SYMMETRY:
. automatically mirror the left part to the right part (make sure the position states are either active or parental link).
IK LINK:
. change the body linking structure to support IK (posing by changing rotations)
EX: before and after
RESET:
. reset link ( returns the body to the default linking structure)
. reset body ( same as going to poses and clicking lode default)
Undo :credit(@saf31)
. set the undo keybind from the plugin menu
. press it to undo the last changes made to the position and rotation of all main bones
Set and Clear Links:
. select all the bones you want to link and select the desired bone you want them to be linked to last.
EX: I want to link both the right and left thigh to the hip. select both thighs then select the hip then link
. select all the bones you want to link to nothing and click clear link to clear them.
Change States:
. select all the bones you want to change their position and rotation states and click the desired state button.
COPY:
. copy either the right side or the left side from either the legs or the arms
EX: after pressing copy l leg and r arm.
Keyboard and mouse controls: (credit user xexka )
. now there's movement mode and movement axis
. Positional = default , Rotational = hold left Control
. XY = default , Z = hold left shift
* all the keybindings can be chainged now (credit user babul )
notes:
. don't add the plugin twice in the scene.
. currently the symmetry mode won't work well if the two sides aren't identical in their position and rotation states
. the source code is a mess but Donald Knuth said "premature optimization is the roots of all evil" and i took that personally ( i will fix it later i just want to add every necessary feature first)
. have fun and thank you
Todo:
.
.
.
.
. create a tab to pose fingers.
credit:
DTBJ: character
