Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
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Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
I get how V-bones work inside of a single pose all housed in a master bone layer–how would you go about swapping between 2 (or more) full body rigs? ...or "should" you?
Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
To switch between full-body rigs, it might make more sense to use a Switch Layer to switch between bone or character groups.
Vitruvian Bones is normally used for switching between sub-rigs within a rig (i.e, jointed arm or noodle arm.) But if you really want to try switching between whole-body rigs, the rigs need to share a common root bone and you can switch from there.
I can see some advantages in this setup but, unless the rigs are simple, I think this setup could get unwieldy and impractical to work with. I'm curious to hear how it goes, though.
Hope this helps.
Vitruvian Bones is normally used for switching between sub-rigs within a rig (i.e, jointed arm or noodle arm.) But if you really want to try switching between whole-body rigs, the rigs need to share a common root bone and you can switch from there.
I can see some advantages in this setup but, unless the rigs are simple, I think this setup could get unwieldy and impractical to work with. I'm curious to hear how it goes, though.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Greenlaw on Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
I think it would complicate the rigging process, having to make more steps each time you want to make a modification of any of the rigs on F0.
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Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
You can check the broccoli character from the library.






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Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
Excellent one. Thanks, Victor.
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Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
Ha, ha! That's fantastic, Victor!
I wasn't aware this was in the Library. I'll have to make time to pick it apart.
I wasn't aware this was in the Library. I'll have to make time to pick it apart.

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Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
If I remember correctly, wasn't that a Broccoli Hulk? Where is it in the library? I went through all the characters and couldn't find it.
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The file is called "broccoli." Do a search in the library. Note: the thumbnail looks like a photo of broccoli, but the file is not a prop, it's a character.
Re: Swap full body rigs with Vitruvian Bones?
Mystery solved. I was on my older computer looking in Moho 12.5 but I found Broccoli on my new computer in Moho 13.5.5.