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angelodcollazo

07-10-2008, 03:42 PM

I'm rigging a character.
I've made a control skeleton and a bind skeleton with corresponding names.
For example, "ctrlJt_root" corresponds to "bindJt_root".
I need the control skeleton's rotates connected to the corresponding bind skeleton's rotates.
Do you know of any script that can do this for me?
Thank you for your help.

Fl2IDay

07-11-2008, 01:48 AM

$allJnts = `ls -type "joint"`;

string $ctrlJnts[];

for($eachJnt in $allJnts){
$tmpArray = stringToStringArray($eachJnt, "_");
if($tmpArray[0] == "ctrlJt")
$ctrlJnts[`size($ctrlJnts)`] = $eachJnt;
}

for($eachCtrlJnt in $ctrlJnts){
$tmpArray = stringToStringArray($eachCtrlJnt, "_");
connectAttr ($eachCtrlJnt+".r") ("bindJt_"+$tmpArray[1]+".r");
}

Boucha

07-19-2008, 01:05 PM

// make sure to select ctrlJt and then shift selecct the bindJT

global proc doIt () {
string $sel[] = `ls -sl`;
letsConnect $sel[0] $sel[1];
}

proc letsConnect (string $ctrlJtl, string $bindJt)
{
pointConstraint $ctrlJt $bindJt;
orientConstraint $ctrlJt $bindJt;
}

// You can also create custom message attributes on control and bound joints

//Thanks

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