Organizing the scene

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We now have the main controls we need.

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And as you can see, I also added the ones to the right side too.

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This was just the same as how we added them to the left.

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Just make sure you maintain the same orientations as the joints.

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I also decided to update the foot icon two

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just so it more closely matches the creature's foot.

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OK.

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So we have the controls now.

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So we are a step closer to being able to build the systems which will drive the joints.

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Before we do that, we're going to make sure the scene is organized correctly,

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open the outliner

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and press control and g to create an empty group.

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This will be the main group for our creature. So call it creature underscore rig

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underscore group.

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You can call it anything you like really, but make sure it ties into this character.

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The animator may end up with multiple characters in the scene.

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So it's good to keep things named correctly

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here. We have the controls,

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let's just rename the group they are already in.

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So it doesn't have a capital letter

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again, this is just a personal preference

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and move that under the creature rig group.

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Now let's organize the controls.

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Let's take all these groups and parent them to the root control.

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Now, if we move the root control, everything follows

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apart from the skeleton natty,

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but eventually the controls will move the joints

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next, create another group and call this. Do not touch.

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We need to put it in capital.

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So it's obvious that the animator shouldn't go anywhere near this.

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If they do,

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they will end up breaking the rig.

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Move this into the creature rig group. Two,

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create four more groups

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call the first rig systems,

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the second

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skeleton, the

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third

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geometry

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and the fourth visual aids

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move these to the do not touch group.

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So they are now part of the hierarchy.

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Now move the root joint. So it sits under the skeleton group

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and all the models to the geometry group,

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we can delete this now.

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So there we have the main hierarchy.

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We currently don't have anything to put into visual aids or rig systems.

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If you wanted, you could also add a blend shapes group.

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So you can keep those in the same scene.

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So now we have a single group with everything tucked away inside.