Creating foot bank control

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Now we need some empty groups,

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press control ng to create a group,

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rename it to inner left bank group.

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Duplicate this and change the name to outer left bank group.

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These will be used to pivot the foot as it banks from side to side,

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match both of these to the heel joint.

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So we get the same orientation as the reverse foot.

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Now move these. So the inner bank group is on the inside of the foot

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and the outer bank group is on the outside.

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Next parent them to the foot I care control.

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So here we have the two groups

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now parent the outer bank group to the inner bank group.

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Again, we need to control the rotations directly.

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So we need to clean the values.

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There we go.

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So the foot will pivot something like this.

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Now parent the reverse heel joint to the outer bank group.

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So you see the groups will move the foot

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like this

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and this

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let's hide the reverse foot for now

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and switch to wireframe. So we can see the joints.

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We are now going to use a series of

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handles to control the foot and toes.

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So open the ICA

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handle tool options.

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First,

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if you remember we connected the foot I care

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joint to the control using an orient constraint.

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So we could animate and pose the foot.

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We're going to change the way this works now.

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So let's find and delete that constraint node.

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Here it is

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create a single chain solver from the foot IK joint down to the new ball I care joint.

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You see we can use this now to control the foot's orientation

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and it will work better with the I

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limb.

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Now create four more I

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handles spanning each section of the tours.

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So we have five in total.

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Let's quickly rename these to match the joints they are driving.

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Ok.

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Now parent them to the foot, eye care control so that we can move the foot as before.

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But if we move the control down,

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you see the foot and toes follow

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as if the foot has peeled from the floor.

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So it's a much more natural movement.

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Let's bring back the reverse foot.

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We have the main driver I care handle here,

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which was a key part of the quadruped limb.

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It's currently parented to the foot control,

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but we need it to instead follow the reverse foot.

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So as the ankle lifts, the rest of the leg will follow

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and the knees will bend

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quickly, parent it to the reverse foot, ankle joint.

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Now parent the first two I care handles to the reverse foot ball joint

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and finally move the other eye care handles.

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So they are parented to the reverse toe joint.

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So they are all moving with the reverse foot now

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and we compose it.

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So it's on its toes.

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Actually, let's move these. So they are pounded to the toe joint too.

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Ok. That looks better.

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Now, move the ball I

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handle. So it's pounded to the reverse ball joint.

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Ok. Those are all set up now.