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Understanding Space Switching Concepts and Scripting a Space Switching Tool in Maya

By June 10, 2013July 4th, 2013No Comments

An in depth look at the space switching concepts in rigging from Luiz Philippe Moreira who explains the theory of space switching and walks through the process of scripting a space switching tool in Autodesk Maya.

In this video series I’ll go from theory to the actual step by step process, as you can watch me implementing a tool that I use myself when Im rigging

Luiz Philippe Moreira looks at what space Switching is and provides some examples and breakdowns, then shows how to set up space switching in Maya. Expanding on the process, Luiz demonstrates how to automate the process, and recreates the process with Python.

Luiz also shows how to create a complete fully functional Space Switching tool including creating a user interface, with simple controls. Check out the post for the Space Switching Series here.

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