Squetchy Rig

Overview

Designed by David Simmons
with assistance from

• Mike Fitzgerald (COGS, FK/IK switch)
• David Rogers (heel/toe lift, control placement)
• Mark Skodacek (Auto hip, forearm, Posable installation)
• Steven Cleary (Steve’s Hand Gizmo)
• Mark Strohbehn (FACE)
• David Seymour (Key Groups )

Hash will be adopting a new rig for TWO, and eventually for TaoA:M.

The name of the new rig is “Squetch” for squash and stretch.

Martin’s Forum announcment

If you have questions ideas or comments see Squetchy Discussion on the forum.

Features

1. Stretch and squash using expressions.
2. Smooth joint movement using COGS, CP weighting, and Smart Skin.
3. Automatic FK/IK switch “force keyframe.”
4. Heel/toe lift.
5. Hand/finger controls.
6. Face/mouth controls.
7. IK/FK spine w/ optional automated squash and stretch
8. Support for Luuk Steitner's "Zign Track" facial motion capture data

Tutorials

• Installation instructions:
  Five parts of the Squetch Installation video tutorial are here. The compensate resetting instructions have changed since this was made...the updated instructions are included in the rig ZIP files.

• FACE tutorials

• David Seymour’s tutorials for animating with the Squetch Rig (Videos currently missing.)

• Andy Gibbons’ Mo-Cap Tutorial for the Squetch Rig

• Steffen Gross’ MirrorBones plugin

• Making an installation rig tutorial

• eyelid_installation_example_Sorenson3.mov

• face_setup_12_05_2007_instructions.zip

• Using_Zign_Track_with_FACE.zip

Examples

Models:

v13_Squetchy_Sam_04_25_2011a.zip

Old version Models:

v11_1_Squetchy_Sam_12_05_2007B.zip

v12_Squetchy_Sam_12_05_2007B.zip

Controls example videos (Sorenson3 encoded Quicktime files):

arm_bowing_example.zip

arm_scale_to_reach_example.zip

right_ball_rotate_controller.mov

eye_update_example1_Sorenson3.mov

eye_update_example2_Sorenson3.mov

FK_finger_controls_Sorenson3.mov

On-character switches:

spine_Sorenson3.mov

hands_and_arms_Sorenson3.mov

face_io_legs_auto_hips_Sorenson3.mov

How things work examples:

Bicep flexing explanation with video examples

Current version

Posable installation version:

Poseable installation instructions

The Posable installation method requires v13s or higher as well as the Install Rig Plugin (included in the ZIP file for v13 and v14...starting in v15, the plugin is already in A:M). The thread where you can read more about it is located *here*.

The latest Posable installation is:

13s_Posable_Squetch_Rig_installations_12_11_2010.zip

Old Installation versions:

v11_1_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007B_installations.zip

v11_1_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007B_installations_Foot_Gizmo.zip

v12_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007B_installations.zip

v12_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007B_installations_Foot_Gizmo.zip

Each version’s ZIP file contains the four finger installation version and five finger installation version. The Install Rig Plugin is included in each package (for v13 and v14...starting in v15, the plugin is already in A:M).

Quad Installation versions:

v13_Quad_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007.zip

v13_Quad_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007_installation_MirrorBones.zip

v12_Quad_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007_installation.zip

v11_1_Quad_Squetch_Rig_12_05_2007_installation.zip

Each Quad Rig ZIP also contains Five-toe and Four-toe Foot Gizmo versions.

(for v11.1 and v12 rigs)

v12_Quad_Squetch_Rig_02_25_2007_Toes_installations.zip

v12_Biped_Squetch_Rig_02_25_2007_Toes_installation.zip

v12_Squetch_Rig_Ears_01_29_2007_installation.zip

v12_Biped_Squetch_Rig_Tail_06_04_2007_installation.zip

non-Squetch Rig standalones: Requires the Install Rig Plugin (included in the ZIP file for v13 and v14...starting in v15, the plugin is already in A:M)...the plugin will look for a bone named "head" to parent FACE to and a "hips" bone to anchor the "calc" bones.

13s_Standalone_Posable_FACE_02_18_2010_installations.zip

(for v11.1 and v12)

standalone_v11_1_FACE_12_05_2007B_installations.zip

standalone_v12_FACE_12_05_2007B_installations.zip