Rigging - MAXON CINEMA 4D R16 Studio: A Tutorial Approach - page 258

Chapter 7
Rigging
Learning Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
• Understand the concept of rigging
• Apply constraints
INTRODUCTION
Rigging is the process of preparing an object or a character for animation. To rig an object,
you need to add bones and controls to it. In this chapter, you will learn to create a functional
rig for a human hand and a table lamp by adding bones to it and later skinning it. You will
also learn the concept of forward and inverse kinematics and apply constraints.
TUTORIALS
Before you start the tutorials of this chapter, you need to download the
c07_cinema4d_r16_tut.zip file from www.cadcim.com . The path of the file is as follows:
Textbooks > Animation and Visual Effects > MAXON CINEMA 4D > MAXON CINEMA 4D
Studio R16: A Tutorial Approach
Next, you need to browse to \Documents\c4dr16 and create a new folder in it with the name
c07 . Next, extract the contents of the zip file in this folder.
Tutorial 1
In this tutorial, you will rig a hand, as shown in Figure 7-1. (Expected time: 25 min)