Realtime rigging – Joint axis rotation and order
When you have one half of the skeleton built, jointed, and positioned, before you can skin the bipedal creature model, you need to make sure the rotational axes and rotate orders are all set up correctly. Once they are, you can then safely make the skeleton drive the creature model.
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Correcting joint rotation orientation
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Cleaning up the hand joints
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Creating the opposite side of the skeleton
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Setting the preferred angle
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Reducing gimbal lock on joints
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Applying rotate order to the remaining joints
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Modifying individual joint rotate order
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