NURBS Curve Controls for rigging?

#1

Hello,

I’m trying to rig a simple character, which has gone successfully so far, but now I want to make some controls to run the rig and I haven’t found anything online on how to do it that won’t cost me at least $100.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to make NURBS controls or something functionally similar?
Thanks!

#2

Well I am not sure if you need custom controls or if the standard item shapes will work for you. If you need a ring, tetra, box, sphere etc then I would suggest using Item Shapes.

To add an item shape:

  1. Create a null
  2. Open up its properties §
  3. Under the geometry tab, click the Add Custom Object pull down and choose Item Shape
  4. Double click the Item Shape modifier and set the settings for shape etc to taste.

For a custom shape its a bit trickier. There is a script that will convert your objects in modeler to custom shapes that you can then load as a script. You can download the script here: http://www.chrisepeterson.com/ls/shapemaker.zip

To use this script:

  1. In modeler create the shape you want to use as a control
  2. Under the Utility menu, click the Lscript button
  3. Choose the shapemaker.ls
  4. Choose an output path to save its script shape.
  5. Go into Layout and add a null
  6. Open up its properties §
  7. Under the geometry tab, click the Add Custom Object pull down and choose Lscript
  8. Choose the shape script that you just created from modeler.
  9. You should now have a custom object shape

Hope that makes sense.
-Chris

#3

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