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Pose your characters intuitively

You can change the pose of bones in an armature using the Pose mode in Freebird. This is a very quick and powerful way to create character poses that feel natural.

Activate pose mode

  1. Select an armature object by enabling the Select tool and clicking on the object with the main trigger.
  2. Point at the main menu, and click on the Pose POSE button (at the top of the menu) using your main hand's trigger button.

Pose bones

  1. Please start editing an armature in pose mode, by following the Activate pose mode section above.
  2. Then, move the main hand's cursor over an item, and press and hold the main squeeze button (i.e. the button on the side of the controller).
  3. This will grab the item under the cursor. Any existing selections will also be grabbed.
  4. Move your main hand to move the grabbed items along.
  5. Release the main squeeze button to release the grabbed objects.

For more info and tips related to changing the pose of bones, please check out the page for Pose armature bones.

Undo/redo

If you make a mistake, you can revert that action using the Undo/Redo operation.

  1. Push the joystick on the alternate controller towards Left to Clone Undo.
  2. Push the joystick on the alternate controller towards Right to Clone Redo.

For more info and tips related to undo/redo, please check out the page for Undo/Redo.

Move around the scene

You can move around the scene to view it from different locations and angles, and work at different locations.

  1. Press and hold the squeeze button on only one of the controllers.

    Note: If you're holding the main squeeze button, make sure the main cursor is not intersecting with any item in the scene.

  2. Move the controller to move the scene.

  3. Rotate the controller to change the angle you're viewing.
  4. Release the squeeze button to stop moving.

For more info and tips related to navigating around the scene, please check out the page for Navigate around the scene.

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