Bender/Documentation/0.1/Modules/Armatures

Introduction and Acknowledgement

Acknowledgments:

• Air Force Research Laboratories

Webpage: http://public.kitware.com/Wiki/Bender
Author: Johan Andruejol (Kitware Inc.)
Contributor1: Julien Finet (Kitware Inc.)
Contact: Julien Finet, <email>julien.finet@kitware.com</email>

Module Description

The Armatures module creates, edits and animates(poses) bone armatures using forward kinematic.

A bone is defined by its head (start point) and its tail (end point). Bones are organized in an armature structure that handles interaction between bones.

An armature has two modes:

• Rest mode: bones are added, edited or removed.
• Pose mode: bones are animated. In this mode, the user can only rotate the bones around its head.

The module is split in three parts:

• The panel Armature controls the properties of all the bones of the armature.
• The panel Bones lists the bones hierarchy of the current armature.
• The last panel controls the properties of the currently selected bone.

Use Cases

Armature of a skeleton

Panels and their use

Armature: Representation: ... Bones:

User Interface