GetProportionalGuide

Introduced

4.0

Description

Creates a biped proportioning guide from which you can create a rig. This is part of the Character Development Kit.

Scripting Syntax

GetProportionalGuide( ModelName, [GuideStyle], [GuideSymmetry] )

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

ModelName [in/out]

String

Type of proportioning guide to create based on one of the valid Model Presets listed below.

Default Value: BipedPropGuide

Possible Values:

BipedPropGuide: Basic biped proportioning guide

Biped_Guide: Biped proportioning guide with ears and stomach

Biped_DogLeg_Guide: Biped proportioning guide with dogleg

Quadruped_Guide: Quadruped proportioning guide

GuideStyle [in/out]

Long

Specify whether to hide volume controls (when visible, these appear as yellow splines with small manipulator cubes) which can be used to help define and visualize the body's volume.

Possible Values:

0: Skeleton Structure and Volume

1: Volume Controls Hidden

GuideSymmetry [in/out]

Long

Specify if and how to manipulate the corresponding control cube on the opposite side of the body in the same way that the selected cube is manipulated. This makes it quick and easy to set up matching proportions for both sides of the body at once.

Possible Values:

0: Full Symmetry

1: Asymmetrical Upper Body

2: Asymmetrical Lower Body

3: No Symmetry

Return Value

Nothing

Examples

JScript Example

/*
   This example demonstrates how to get a Biped guide with
   asymmetrical lower body.
*/
NewScene( null, false );
GetProportionalGuide("Biped_Guide", 0, 2);

See Also

GetPresetModel



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