Index

Symbols

+Z orientation 2-6

A

Acclaim

sample data 1-11

aligning bone axes 6-30

animating

scripts 1-20

animating a skeleton 1-12

animation

stopping 1-21

attached objects

concepts 1-6

making visible in N-Dynamics 3-24

modifying 3-6

saving 3-24

attaching object hierarchies 3-18

to a collection of bones 3-21

to a skeleton 3-23

to bones 3-18

attaching objects 3-9

attaching skins 4-7

B

base state

when to resave 4-6

BioVision

sample data 1-11

blending between motion capture files 11-1

bone 2-4

animating bone length 9-3

collapsing (deleting) 2-19

cutting 2-17

flipping 2-21

locking 6-24

mirroring axes 6-31

renaming 2-20

unlocking 6-26

bone axes

aligning 6-30

fixed vs. rotating 6-34

motion data supplier preferences 6-39

bone axis 2-4

bone frame 2-5

bubble gum effect 4-9

C

camera

aiming 1-21

changing the root 2-21

channels

reordering 1-23

connecting wires as bones 2-14

creating a walk cycle 7-3

D

decomposing motion

into poses 10-23

into rotational components 10-21

difference posing 10-29

DOF Editor 6-19

DOF limits vs. IK sets 6-16

I

IK 6-5

IK set

defining 6-8

improving 6-11

renaming 6-14

IK set vs. DOF limits 6-16

IK vs. kinematic 6-3

inserting poses into motion data 10-29

inverse kinematics 6-5

J

joint 2-5

joint identification 6-17

jumping skeleton 7-10

L

layering motion

motion data with IK 10-10

locking bones 6-24

M

make attached objects 3-4

modifying attached objects 3-6

motion blending 11-1

motion capture data

concepts 1-8

motion data

copying between skeletons 10-14

decomposing 10-21

decomposing from pose to pose into rotations 10-25

decomposing into poses 10-23

decomposing into rotations 10-21

inserting poses into (difference poses) 10-29

motion data supplier

bone axes order 6-39

motion transform 10-14

O

object

reaching for 8-14

saving 1-25

objects

make attached objects 3-4

P

pose

moving to a 6-29

saving 6-27

viewing saved 6-29

poses

moving to 6-29

posing

kinematic vs. IK 6-3

posing kinematically 6-4

posing skeletons 6-3

R

range of motion

limiting 6-22

reaching for a part 8-14, 8-17

reaching for an object 8-14

reordering channels 1-23

root 2-5

changing 2-21

working with 6-40

S

sample objects 1-11

saving attached objects 3-24

saving objects 1-25

saving poses 6-27

saving scripts 1-23

script

creating 1-14

saving 1-23

skeleton

attaching objects 3-3, 3-9

attaching skins 4-4

building a humanoid 2-6

building a non-humanoid 2-16

creating 2-3

jumping animation 7-10

parts 2-4

posing 6-3

resaving a base state 4-6

saving a base state 4-5

skeletons

moving to a pose 6-29

skin

attaching 4-7

skin displacements 5-12

animating in N-Dynamics 5-24

driving with extra bones 5-17

testing 5-15

with soft parts 5-16

skin parts

attaching your own 4-16

defining your own 4-13

redefining 4-9

testing 4-16

skins

attaching to skeletons 4-4

concepts 1-4

soft part

associating with a bone 5-8

defining 5-6

testing 5-11

soft parts 5-3

creating 5-3

preparing the model for 5-4

when to use 5-5

with skin displacements 5-16

stretching bones

animating 9-3

T

trajectory

animating along 8-10

U

unlocking bones 6-26

W

walk cycle

creating 7-3

with IK 7-3

with kinematic poses 7-7

wire 2-5

animating along 8-3

wires

connecting as bones 2-14

converting to skeletons 2-13

duplicating 2-11

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