Day 04: Hierarchy, Scene Layout, & Preset Models
Learning Goals
Students will be able to:
Adjust the positions of object axes for animation.
Setup an object hierarchy.
Normalize the scale of objects in a scene.
Dress a scene with preset models.
Agenda
Simple Hierarchy
Download: Three Stacked Boxes
Activity: Adjust the Object Hierarchies
Axis Positioning and Complex Hierarchy
Download: Lower Body
Technique: Renaming Objects
Technique: Moving Axes
Manually
Axis Center
Technique: Adjusting Hierarchy for Animation
Exercise: Rig the Lower Body
Normalizing Object Sizes
Download: Objects of Abnormal Sizes
Visually Scaling
Project Scale
Preset Models
Content Browser (Presets > Visualize has the most elements)
Homework
Add an Upper Body to Lower Body and rig it for animation.
Screenshot of Posed Character
Screenshot of Hierarchy
Return to your interior lighting design scene
Add at least three preset models to your scene to help better illustrate who this character is.
Feel free to delete any models that exist in the scene which do not serve the story.
Fix any texturing issues pointed out in class.
Recommended Viewing
Reference
Tutorial