Bone Offset Tool

ernpchan · Post by **ernpchan** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:05 am

Is there a tutorial anywhere explaining the Bone Offset Tool?

Thx.

jezjones29 · Post by **jezjones29** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:21 pm

dkwroot · Post by **dkwroot** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:56 pm

The bone offset tool is a legacy tool. It isn't really used anymore because we can flexi-bind layers now. In the past, we had to break layers apart and use the offset to combine then so that bone influence was isolated to specific layers. These days we can assign bones to specific layers, thus avoiding the entire offsetting mess.

Greenlaw · Post by **Greenlaw** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:43 pm

I still find some uses for it. For example, if I have a rig that's getting a bit too complex and messy in the setup frame, and I don't want to hide bones, I might use the Offset tool to get certain parts of a character out of the way.

It's not needed nearly as much nowadays because of Flexi-binding but I wouldn't consider it 'legacy' quite yet.

G.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:58 pm

It still can be used for some tricky complex rigging, but that tool is mostly useless in last versions.

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