Rigging in Houdini Kinefx with Kamil Hepner

On April 6, 2022

Release date:2022

Author:Kamil Hepner

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Course Description
Complete and comprehensive rigging course for the new Houdini rigging system – Kinefx. Learn how to create an advanced reverse foot rig for the leg. You will start from the beginning by learning to properly create, orient, and manage joint hierarchies in Houdini.

You will learn how to create FK and IK setup with proper blending. How to organize your rig network and how to break it down into smaller HDAs.

Walk step by step with the author through the rig debugging process. Learn how to create debug HDAs to better visualize rig data.

It’s complete training for people with None to Intermediate knowledge of rigging in Houdini. Autor presents a great number of useful Tips and Tricks which advanced TD will find useful.

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01 Introduction
01 Introduction

02 Spine and Leg
02 Joint placement and orientation

03 Rig visualizer
03 Modify existing rig visualize HDA
04 Finialize Rig visualize
05 Finishing skeleton and controls
06 Mirror existing skeleton

04 Root, main and hip
07 FK controls for root, main, hip

05 Leg setup
08 Procedural FK and IK skeletons
09 Main leg IK solver
10 Creating IK solver rigging module (HDA)

06 Validation
11 Custom get point transform node

07 Reverse foot
12 Two bone IK solver rigging module
13 Toe IK setup
14 Foot roll setup
15 Enclose reverse foot setup into HDA
16 Adding additional settings to HDA

08 Leg controls
17 FK and IK controls

09 Joints offset
18 Using joints offset node

10 Skining
19 Skin and paint weights

11 Mirror and space switch
20 Mirror leg setup
21 Add space switch