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Sorry,, Not sure what you are asking.. an array for ... what?

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean?

oh, you mean the keys on screen.... I use CamTasia to capture and edit, and it can automatically show all the hotkeys

@@smann3d399 Thanks again.

yeah it all depends on what's needed.. I'll use nHair and nCloth for a lot of shots to add some simple dynamics. And it's been around for a long time . so it's pretty stable

@@smann3d399 it does work well, do you use some bifrost as well ? It looks like there more and more rigging stuff done with it. Also the record trick is so cool, never seen that before! Great video as always

@@trystanbleuven791 yeah, bifrost is coming up quick.. It can do so much, and Autodesk seems to be putting alot of effort into it. There are some great youtube channels for bifrost as well.

short answer is yes.. You can make the balloon into a nCloth object. and connect it to the string using an nConstraint. like component to component *(if I get time, I'll see if I can make a video for that )

@@smann3d399 Great Thanks! You mean i can connect it using n-constrain then how will i be able to lift the object from the ground?

There will be 3 objects: 1- balloon 2- String, 3- a mesh on the ground that will get lifted up with the help of the floating balloon i know how to make the balloon fly, and know how to connect the string, the only issue is l.ifting up the mesh from the ground

@@nourghafarji , you should be able to make the ground piece into a nCloth object as well. and connect the string to that with an nConstraint ( component to component) as well

no prob

haha, i just rewatched this and was thinking.. when did I call it a fish? and then oh, right, at the end I make the channel and group name "fish"

for me I stopped using the 3 chain rig setup once the IkBlend on maya's ikHandles was stable.. ( around maya 2016 I think ) .. A lot of ppl are slow to adopt it. and don't trust it.

@@smann3d399 I think I’m gonna try that, a declutterred rig can’t hurt ! Anything I should know if I’m going for ribbons/cartoony limbs ? Is it working nicely with arms too ?

@@trystanbleuven791 I generally drive the ribbons with the "basic FK/IK" setup. and for stretching I act upon same setup ... so the "simple" arm or leg has all the fk ik and stretching. and the ribbon / noodle/spline IK stuff is on a layer of rig being driven by the basic setup

@@smann3d399 ok thanks, ill have to experiment to try and understand this ! Would be be a cool tutorial as well if you find time, I really dig your videos and your way of working/explaining, very inspiring. Struggling to find good ways to rig arms and shoulders with twists etc..all those tutorials on UA-cam works fine until you character is rotated 180 degrees and actually using their arms lol

@@trystanbleuven791 glad to hear it's helpful,. I appreciate the feedback !! and I hope to add more tutorials as I find time.

Glad to hear it.. thanks !

any three points will work. and a quad leg is the same as a humans, just lifted the heel off the ground higher. like a high heeled shoe.. you can choose any 3 points in space to find the triangle to deterrmine the position

Glad it was helpful !! V

hmm, I'll take a look. I can re-export the 2022 version.

I just uploade v15 zip file. ( wheree I recompliled the 2022 pyc file) try that and let me know if you have any issues..

@@smann3d399 Hmm there was some weird errors hapened With Maya 2022 -pythonver 2 same error like before But with python ver 3 there is a new stuff: sorry sm_node_tools not found! sorry sm_attr_connections not found! sorry sm_pose_tools not found! # Error: NameError: file C:\Users\steph\Documents\maya\2017\scripts\sm_channel_tools.py line 89: name 'sm_node_tools' is not defined # I even haven't 2017 Maya version, and its not my windows uesername where Maya trying to find a script path. 🤔 Also I imported only "sm_channel_tools.pyc and "sm_node_tools.pyc" (all files in the 2022 folder) but error says Maya can't find some other addition files like "sm_attr_connections" and "sm_pose_tools".

@@smann3d399 we downloaded the v17 version but have the same issue in Maya 2025

@@SophoriaAcademy updating 2025 soon. I haven't thouroughly tested it out in 2025 yet ( so hasn't officially been released.. but will be up soon. as (beta)

Glad you liked it.. let me know if there are other things you'd like to see a video on...

@@smann3d399 will do ! Thanks

The lattice, and the lattice base both need to follow the parent of the eye joints.. I just parented them both with the eye joints, and then put that under the head joint

I kinda bumbled thru it. but this should help --> ua-cam.com/video/EK2pWCOhzD8/v-deo.html

glad it helped !

thanks.. anything in particular you are wondering about?

glad it helped, part of the reason i made this, was to remind myself !

ah nice ! .. Weirdly using True/False didn't work for me for Custom Pick walk off/on .. but I found a twitter post from Will Telford using 0/1 and that worked.. The stop at transform doesn't seem to be working for me .. If you see at the top of my statusbar I have some cutom buttons for show/hiding node types.. I have the curves one setup to toggle nurbsCurves and Controllers .

mostly add functionality.. two other big ones are quickly adding enum attributes, and a bunch of attributes.. I need to do a quicky update video.. long story short. if you put in names with spaces ie: super duper looper you will get three channels based on the button you hit (ie: float / int / bool. ) .. but if you use : then like this channel_name:red:green:blue then it will make a new enum channel named "channel_name" with the enums red green blue

I try and record these at 2K ., so that may be why they appear small. ( my monitor is actually bigger than that , so I'm only using a partial screen ) Is it too hard to read?

there is a folder inside the zip named 2023 . be sure to use that version of the script

@@smann3d399 I bought it, but there is only folder 2020 and 2022, I used 2022 and the program throws me ........ # Error: bad magic number in 'sm_color_curves': b'B ' # # Traceback (most recent call last): # # File "<maya console>", line 1, in <module> # # ImportError: bad magic number in 'sm_color_curves': b'B '

I can kick out a 2023 soon. Sometime between right now.. and mid next week :)

ok, 10.2 includes the 2023 binaries !

ok got it working!

I would have a request for a future update: if i have a list (json file or such) with 52 Blendshape names, i wouild like to add all those as single attributes to a specific object in 1 go. Would that be possible?

thanks!

oh that is just a nurbs circle curve. I renamed it to rope_profile

yeah, for simple scripts where you don't care about the "fails" it's super handy, there is also a catchQuiet that won't report the errors.

Sorry to hear that. This wasn't meant as a follow along tutorial per se. but more just an example of how I might rig a guitar. The thing to note is you don't need any "add-ons" to do any of this. The only part that might need more explanation is the control maker. But that is just nurbsCircles parented to themselves, and then moving the top groups to match the locations of the locators.. I could do a follow up to explain it all if needed. hth

@@smann3d399 I am trying to rig an electric guitar. For the past 4 hrs I have been trying various things and can’t get it to work properly. I did the best I could but I was just trying to find an easier way or something. I have a final animation project due soon so I was trying to get the rigging done ASAP

@@smann3d399 any chance you could help me?

I probably just need to compile it for 2022.. will do Monday

@@smann3d399 thx

@@Charleston_Tony Sorry for the delays.. just updated for 2022 --> smannimation.gumroad.com/l/ppzMA