odf opened this issue on Oct 27, 2008 · 13933 posts
Diogenes posted Thu, 18 February 2010 at 10:43 AM
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The version I've played with bends very well, in my opinion. Considerably better than V4, especially in the shoulder and hip areas where V4 is notoriously difficult.. I love the way you did the hip actors. I've suspected for a long time that the age-old habit of splitting the hips in half with right and left thigh or buttock actors might cause more problems than it helps and Antonia seems to confirm this.
You are absolutely right. I started Rigging Antonia with a right and left buttocks bone, which made the legs unstable, plus that you could not get smooth transitions in the hip with it broken up. For some things I liked the right and left buttocks, you can get a better side to side bend with it but the problems with it outweighed the benefits.
So I went with the bike short style hip and single right and left thigh actors. The bike style hip is my favorite, because it gives me a large hip group to work with for the thigh bends. You can get smoother bends and place the thigh centers in a more anatomically correct position.
I love rigging (about the only thing I am good at LOL) I would go on for hours, but I know its sort of booring. :)
cheers.