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Lengthy rigging can quickly ruin your mood. mGear can help—the free tool gets new features with the 2.0 update that give you a hand with rigging. Speaking of rigs: in the upcoming issue, we are focusing on characters—2D and 3D rigging will therefore also be a topic.
What Is mGear?
mGear is a tool for Autodesk Maya that lets you create rigging and animation tools. With the modular rigging system called “Shifter,” mGear offers a way to quickly build simple rigs for humans, creatures, robotor, and mechanical props, and is aimed primarily at artists without programming knowledge.
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You can find the full range of functions as well as detailed instructions for mGear here. In addition to the manual, a short video series was put online to help you quickly understand and use the advantages of the rigging framework; you can watch it here.
Compatibility
The mGear tool is available for all Maya versions from 2015 onward and works under Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Download and Cost
You can download mGear for free. (However, you can also enter a small donation for the developers.)
For the GitHub link, click here
More about Maya at www.autodesk.de
