Bender/Documentation/2.0/Modules/Armatures

Introduction and Acknowledgement

Author: Johan Andruejol, Kitware
Contributor #1: Julien Finet, Kitware
Acknowledgements: This work is supported by the Air Force Research Laboratories.
Contact: Julien Finet

Module Description

The Armatures module creates, edits and animates(poses) bone armatures using forward kinematic.

A bone is defined by its head (start point) and its tail (end point). Bones are organized in an armature structure that handles interaction between bones.

An armature has two modes:

• Rest mode: bones are added, edited or removed.
• Pose mode: bones are animated. In this mode, the user can only rotate the bones around its head.

The module is split in three parts:

• The panel Armature controls the properties of all the bones of the armature.
• The panel Bones lists the bones hierarchy of the current armature.
• The last panel controls the properties of the currently selected bone.

Use Cases

Armature of a skeleton

Panels and their use

Armature: Representation: ... Bones:

User Interface

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