OMNIA Panel

Panel Overview

The OMNIA Tools Basics Panel is a custom Blender UI located in the N-Panel, designed for rigs based on OMNIA 2.
It provides a clean and streamlined interface to control performance and bone layer visibility, making it easier to organize and optimize your workflow while animating.

Key Features

Simplify toggle for improved viewport performance during animation.
Curve Hair reduction control (only on rigs that use hair with curves), letting you lower the number of displayed strands to speed up the viewport.
Bone layer visibility controls, organized by function and anatomy.

Location

You’ll find the panel under the OMNIA tab in the 3D Viewport’s N-Panel, available in both Object Mode and Pose Mode.
It automatically detects and connects to the OMNIA rig in the scene.

Performance Tools

This section is designed to improve viewport performance while working with the rig.

Toggle Simplify

Enables or disables Blender’s simplify option. When active, it reduces visual complexity (such as subdivisions or effects) to ensure a smoother experience—especially useful in heavy scenes or during animation playback.

Hair Curves Reduction

Available on rigs that use curve-based hair systems. This control lets you reduce the number of displayed hair curves in the viewport, significantly improving performance without affecting the final render.

Facial Widget Layers

This section controls the visibility of the facial widget’s bone groups, making it easier to isolate specific facial regions while animating.

Show/Hide Legend

Toggles the display of the visual guide (legend) that labels different facial control groups. Useful for identifying control zones quickly.

Visibility Toggles

Each toggle corresponds to a facial bone collection. Turning them on or off shows or hides the respective controls:

Face -Main facial controls.
Sticky Lips - Natural adhesive tension between the lips.
Expressions -Expression-based deformers.
Mouth Shapes -Extra phonemes or specific shape controls.
Lips Shapes - Direct control over the tension and volume of the lips.
Visemes -Phoneme-driven lip sync controls.

🔧 Widget Options – Follow Head

This slider adjusts how much the facial widget follows the head’s movement. Higher values keep the widget visually attached to the head, which helps with orientation during animation.

Main Rig Layers

This section manages the visibility of the main rig’s bone collections, organized by anatomical regions. It allows you to isolate limbs or facial areas to streamline your animation workflow.