Alexander Turusov MSc Project - Modular Procedural Rigging

Thesis (download)

Example rig (download)

Source Code (download)

 

Demonstrations

Some rendered examples of rigs constructed with this toolkit, driven by motion capture animation...

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Overview of the "features" system which allows defining how a rig should be constructed (what features it should have)...

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Rigs are saved in "rig templates" which can be updated. The updates are distributed to users of the rig without breaking existing animation keyframes...

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Tools

The following animation pipeline structure is implemented by this toolkit...

Step 1: using the Rig Group Editor tool a skeleton is split into logical groups...

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Step 2: the Rig Editor is the main tool which is used to procedurally construct a rig and save it as a rig template file...

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Step 3: the Rig Loader is used for loading and modifying rigs constructed with this toolkit...

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Contact Info

Email: alex@titaniumlabs.com

Mobile: 07503909677