AS SFC – Secondary Face Controls v.1.0

Unzip the archive and …Just drag ‘n drop the file  install.mel  into Maya’s viewport and a new shelf button will appear on active shelf.

By compiling the following form you’ll receive 2 files example where you can see the differences before and after the scripts runs . In the examples I used a simple rig  with a skinned mesh combined with some basic blendshaes expressions. From these samples you can see a right naming convention and hierarchy setting up and using it as references for your rig.

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An important things is to have a clean naming conventions of all objects , not only for have a fast snapshot of the hierarchy, but also to not have troubles when we using scripts and tools such as SFC.

So for example if I have an animation’s curve controls I can name it like :

‘ac_head_ctrl ‘

This tool works with solid naming conventions.

Example of right naming convention of a hierarchy for a secondary controls:

 or

Wrong naming convention:

There isn’t any constraint about the order or your selections.

The important things is that you select the following nodes/objects:

1. the animation curve node to get the prefix or subfix of your controller
2. the joint you want to parent with . (example: if you need to create secondary controls for face expressions you need to select the Head Joint)
3. the mesh (with skinning and blendshapes) that will be the geometry that the seconday controls must to constraint to.
4. select all the joints of the secondary controls you created and then launch the button ‘create’

Important This tool works only from Maya 2018 and above.

 If you encounter any issues please keep ‘n touch: contact me!