Anna Rig Documentation

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Installation

Anna rig is compliant with Maya 2018, rendered with Arnold.

To use the rig it's necessary to install mGear for Maya:

Unzip mgear_2.2.4.zip to C:\mGear
Open the Maya.env file with a text editor, generally located in C:\Users\YourName\Documents\maya\2018
Copy-paste the following line: MAYA_MODULE_PATH=C:\mGear
Restart Maya if it was running
Menu bar > mGear > Animation > Synoptic

Scene: Naming and Organization

Hierarchy:

There are two main groups in the scene: SET and CHAR. SET includes the lighting, backgrounds and props objects while the character objects are in the CHAR group.

outliner

The objects are also grouped in layers: rig, mesh, clothes...

Rig Overview

Global Scale

Change the scale of the character by scaling the global_C0_ctl controller.

global

Change the haircut by accessing the faceUI_C0_ctl:

face_ui

haircut

The arms/legs roundness is an attribute accessible by clicking the arms/leg UI controller:

face_ui

Clothes

The body polygons under the clothes are hidden in the viewport. They are tagged as invisible faces. To reveal them, select the body object and go to Display > Polygons > Invisible Faces. Additionally, opacity maps are used to hide them when rendering with Arnold. Disable the opacity maps to reveals them.