Constraining an Insect Leg ~ Adding the Constraints

• CONSTRAINING AN INSECT LEG

  Some notes about this tutorial.

• BASIC SET-UP AND POSITIONING

  Making the first leg.

• SETTING UP THE RIG BONES

  Adding the Rig

• ADDING THE CONSTRAINTS

  The second part of setting up the rig.

• ADDING MORE LEGS

  Insects tend to have six legs, after all.

• ADDING MORE LEGS, CONT'D

  Finalizing the project.

Sep 19, 2002 at 3:42 PM

8. Now you’re ready for the rigging part: Open up a new pose window. Call this pose, “Rig”.

9. Select “R_Mid_Leg1”. Right Click it and select the “OrientLike” Constraint. Pick “R_Mid_Thigh_Orienter1”.

Add an OrientLike Constraint to the first Geometry thigh bone. The result should be the leg sticking straight up.

10. Select “R_Mid_Leg_Scaler”. Right Click it and select the “AimAt” Constraint. Pick “R_Mid_Foot”. Then click the “Scale to Reach” option at the bottom of this Constraints properties.

11. Select “R_Mid_Leg2”. Right Click it and select the “OrientLike” Constraint. Pick “R_Mid_Thigh_Orienter2”.

12. Select “R_Mid_Foot_Geo”. Right Click it and select the “OrientLike” Constraint. Pick “R_Mid_Foot”.

13. Select “R_Mid_Leg3”. Right Click it and select the “Kinematic” Constraint. Pick “R_Mid_Foot”.

All the Constraints applied.

14. The leg is now functional! Hide the Geometry bones by selecting the “R_Mid_Leg1” bone and, while holding down the Shift key, checking the “Hide Bone” box. Also hide the Scaler and the two Orienter bones. You will now have an uncluttered model to easily animate.

15. Open up an action window, apply the pose, and play around! : )

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