ZOOTOOLS CUSTOM CONTROLS 2017

Maya: Rigging ZooTools

IN THIS CLASS YOU’LL ACCESS…

It’s always great to be able to build a biped rig quickly, but what about all the extras? The appendages, hair, pony tails, cuffs on clothes, ties and coat bottoms? This page gives a quick recap of previous pages and now you’ll explore rigging a little more deeply.

– an alternative joint orient setup for belts
– follicles setups for parenting controls to mesh and vertices
– how to replace any curve to quickly customising the look controls
– how to add constraints to your rig so controls stay oriented to world space
– how to add a right click matching Space Switch menus with Zoo Tools
– about selection sets and managing them with Zoo Tools selection set manager
– a setup for mirroring controls great for flipping poses
– about connections to show and hide your custom controls with a master controller

Running Time: 1:38 hrs
Software: Maya 2017
<link>Maya 2016 (Legacy)<url>https://create3dcharacters.com/maya-zootools-custom-controls/</url></link>
Instructor: Andrew Silke

CLASS TIME: 1:38 hrs

1.1 – Intro SkBuilder (0:52 mins)

2.1 – Build Orient PTail (1:30 mins)
2.2 – PTail Controls (2:21 mins)
2.3 – Skin PTail (0:27 mins)
2.4 – Create Reparent Grp (1:07 mins)

3.1 – Horn Joints (2:27 mins)
3.2 – Mirror Controls (1:56 mins)
3.3 – Switch Control Shapes (1:38 mins)

4.1 – Belt Intro (1:04 mins)
4.2 – Belt Joint Orient (2:47 mins)
4.3 – Name Belt Joints (0:35 mins)
4.4 – Mirror Belt Orient (2:07 mins)
4.5 – Belt Controls (1:04 mins)

5.1 – Follicles Explained (1:08 mins)
5.2 – Follicles Belt (1:10 mins)
5.3 – Mirror Follicles (1:34 mins)
5.4 – Parent Belt Cntrls (1:20 mins)
5.5 – Name Follicles (0:53 mins)
5.6 – Belt Folli Cnst (2:54 mins)
5.7 – Belt Clean Outliner (0:44 mins)
5.8 – Match Skele Issues (0:53 mins)
5.9 – Belt Finish (0:46 mins)

6.1 – Constraint Intro (0:48 mins)
6.2 – Manual Constraint (2:42 mins)
6.3 – Unbuild Constraints (0:34 mins)

7.1 – Space Switch Setup (2:28 mins)
7.2 – Orient Space Sw (1:36 mins)
7.3 – Test Rig (1:12 mins)
7.4 – Constraint Summary (0:57 mins)

8.1 – Setup Pair Mirror (1:15 mins)
8.2 – Mirror Plane Setup (2:39 mins)
8.3 – World Space Mirror (0:36 mins)
8.4 – Pair Chain Setup (1:05 mins)
8.5 – Sel Order Importance (2:25 mins)
8.6 – Mirroring Pair Chains (2:13 mins)

9.1 – Single Scene Setup (0:59 mins)
9.2 – Single Relationship Create (1:24 mins)
9.3 – Extra Information (2:30 mins)

10.1 – Custom Setup Pairs (0:52 mins)
10.2 – Mirror Plane Setup (0:50 mins)
10.3 – Pony Tail Fix (1:53 mins)
10.4 – Selection Order (0:51 mins)
10.5 – Belt Fix (1:18 mins)
10.6 – Full Character Mirror (0:56 mins)

11.1 – Select Set Create (2:02 mins)
11.2 – Zoo Select Sets (1:31 mins)
11.3 – Sets With Rig (2:02 mins)

12.1 – Connection Intro (3:10 mins)
12.2 – Add Atrtributes (1:33 mins)
12.3 – Connect Vis (1:51 mins)
12.4 – Batch Connect Attr (1:40 mins)
12.5 – Attr To Rig (3:02 mins)
12.6 – Finalising Rig (2:20 mins)

13.1 – Zanzi Example Timelapse (16:05 mins)

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