Autorig scene file from SESI

[ohiro2]

HI, All I am going through the Quadruped Auto Rig Tool tutorial.

when I open "animation rig done.hip" file. it gives me a lots of warning,

mostly says Invalid channel or unrecognized param....

and I can't do refresh imports on deformation rig node like in the tutorial video.

I also followed the tutorial video exactly and saved my own scene file ..and no luck....

Can someone give me any help , please?

I am using version 9.5.134.

Thanks.

[mangi]

I happen to have these files from the summer.

No issues in the new version 9.5.307

mangi

[Jason]

Ohiro2, you have a pretty old version of 9.5 over there - can you upgrade?

[ohiro2]

Ok. I will upgrade and check how that works.

Thanks.

ohiro2

[ohiro2]

I changed the Deform Type from bones to Muscles in helldog tutorial Auto rig node, then

I could refresh imports on deform_rig. This drop down menu was not even there with my old version of houdini.

I moved forward to painting but how do you paint the weight without knowing the skin weight info.

How do you know which capture region should correspond to which area? In this tutorial, he did not paint all the

capture region. In maya, you basically paint weight on all the joint and you can easily know which bone affects

to which area roughly when you skin. I am confused. please help.

Edited December 4, 2008 by ohiro2

[mangi]

Hello,

You can see this information in the detail view.

and in the Geometry Spread sheet.

3D is all the same , just a matter of learning how to do it in another APP.

mangi

Edited December 4, 2008 by mangi

[michael]

look at the help on the paintCaptureLayer SOP and the Edit Capture Regions tool....

the Edit Capture Regions tool will allow you to visually define the initial capture region and the parameters of the paintCaptureLayer SOP will allow you to see the effect of a particular bone/muscle on the mesh as Black/White, Infra-Red etc..

[ohiro2]

Ahhh, since I set the Deform Type in the helldog tutorial Auto Rig to Muscles, I totally misunderstand the process....

Now I can see the color region weights which correspond with each bones with Bones Deform Type.

[mangi]

Ahhh, since I set the Deform Type in the helldog tutorial Auto Rig to Muscles, I totally misunderstand the process....

Now I can see the color region weights which correspond with each bones with Bones Deform Type.

Hi there . and glad to see some rigging is going on.

I would just like to add a little thing to michael's reply.

Selecting the chain bone there is a Display Capure Geometry check box, when you activate it you get the tools out in the view

here is a snap shot.

mangi