Skirt

Owned by junkilee
Last updated: Nov 22, 2023
3 min read

This semi-collision module will not only help animators prevent manual keying on FK ctrls when a character’s foot moves,
but also help a CFX team get better results in the simulation of the cloth.

 

https://youtu.be/RGR5nsBeXSk

Overview skirt module

 

 

Let’s start building-----------------------------------------------------------

1. Extract curves from your target mesh.

Please see the https://junkilee1982.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/WM/pages/74776577
This is how to build the guideCurves easily

And,

Double-click on the “Skirt“ to start

 

2. Build and Place build points

About the guideCrv

building pivot points are attached to the guideCrv.
The points will create a ctrls and collision start points.

Building the pivot point is simple to build, please refer here for more details --->https://junkilee1982.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/WM/pages/26640454

1 to 3 steps are needed to build


Check out how to place targets

 

3. Set all kwargs and build

1 step

2 step

1 step

2 step

guideCurves: please refer to the below.

 

 

 

4. Constraint to your main rig

1 step

2 step

1 step

2 step

 

 

 

How do you define drivers? More details, please refer here ----> https://junkilee1982.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/WM/pages/75956273/TouchOrient#1.-Define-targets-(pivot-points)-and-Reverse

 

 

 

5. Mirror and Constraint for the mirrored side.

1 step

2 step

1 step

2 step

 

 

 

6. Extra menu

This is handy to develop or tweak to apply to other rigs.

Image

Category

Function

Image

Category

Function

 

Select

All ctrls , All skinJoints

Hide : ctrl + h

Show : shift + h

Delete

Delete the skirt module on the selected.