The document discusses the tools and essentials required for rigging in 3D animation. It explains that rigging is setting up controls and connections between objects to enable animation. There are different tools for organic rigging of characters versus inorganic/mechanical rigging. Some key rigging tools mentioned are constraints, parenting, set driven keys, attributes, and pivot adjustments. The document provides examples of using parenting and set driven keys to rig mechanical objects.

1. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
In this session we are going to learn about
 Tools of rigging
 Essentials required for rigging
In this session, we are going to learn about the tools of rigging and the
essentials required for rigging.
Rigging is basically making a connection between two or more objects.
Rigging is done before animation so that we may easily create animation.
Rigging can be done for both organic and inorganic (mechanical).
Organic rigging: - organic rigging includes bone setups and skinning. We
can create mesh while modeling for making that mesh moving like a
character we have to create bones.This creating of bones and joining it to
mesh with the help of skinning is known as organic rigging.
Inorganic (mechanical) Rigging: - inorganic or mechanical rigging is the
rigging of mechanical objects or the mesh that is other than character
models. We can rig any machinery like object with the help of rigging. We
can provide controller or attributes for the animators for convenient work.
organic rigging

2. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
There are several tools that we use for creating rigs in Maya. They are as
follows:-
 Constrains
 Parenting
 Set driven key
 Attributes
 Expressions
 Motion path
 Ik_fk
 Bones setup
 Skinning
Inorganic rigging has several tools and parameters through wich you can
easily change and manipulate the options into it. So it has constrains which
will allow you to fixed the values of a particular position. Parenting means to
link up between child to parent. Set driven key will allow to load between the
driver and driven. Attributes will allow you to insert sertain values into it.
And there are many more will have different features according to our need.
inorganic (mechanical) rigging

3. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
tools of rigging
parenting

4. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
We started the inorganic rigging by parenting all the parts.
inorganic rigging parenting
inorganic rigging parenting

5. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
We have to adjust pivot sometimes for giving the required movement from a
certain point. We can do it by pressing insert key on the key board.
So parenting is very important into the rigging. With the help of parenting,
you can link from child to parent and through that whatever parent does the
child will follow the same thing. It can be achieved by throught the
constraints and various properties. It has the shortcut key P that means
Parent.
inorganic rigging parenting

6. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
The checking of applied attributes into the model is very important so we
have to check the attributes and the parameter of the related model into it.
The handles and the controllers which will give the freedom to manipulate
the translate value accordingly.
inorganic rigging adjusting pivot
inorganic rigging checking rotation

7. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
inorganic rigging adjusting controller
inorganic rigging orient constrain

8. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
Before making connections its necessary to freeze all the attributes to get rid
of garbage values, so that you will get the fresh values of the translate items
of the object.
Check the maintain offset box in orient constrain pannel
inorganic rigging freezing the attributes
inorganic rigging maintain off set

9. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
inorganic rigging use of set driven key
inorganic rigging set driven key

10. INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING DR. ABHISHEK K
Tools of rigging and essentials required for rigging
So now you have the idea about the rigging inorganic assets with the help of
many parameters and one of that is Set Driven Key which has Driver and
Driven. And have its translate value which has sub values embedded on it.
So tools and its essential feature required for rigging is very important.
Through which, you can easily manipulate your controllers and values at a
specific point. So you have Constrains, Parenting, Set driven key, Attributes
Expressions, Motion path, Ik_fk, Bones setup and Skinning. Which all will
work step by step to achieve a good result.
inorganic rigging checking and finalizing rig