The PathTool will allow you to directly edit the current item’s motion path, right in a Layout viewport! To use, simply activate the PathTool and drag any of the current item’s keys. The perfect tool for tweaking an item’s motion path. Note that the key will only move along the vertical and horizontal axes of the view, even in perspective. The PathTool command is in the Tools group. Figure 1: Adjust keys interactively with your mouse using the Path Tool Bone X-Ray There is an option to make bones visible inside opaque objects. To use, activate the Bone X-Ray option on the titlebar (see Figure 2).
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You have already rigged character and eyeballs with Modeler’s skelegons. But as you know using skelegons can be kind of cumbersome having to setup in modeler and convert in Layout then edit changes in Modeler if a bone was misplaced. LightWave 3D [8] introduced some full-fledged features to create and edit bones right in Layout, giving you full flexibility when it comes to rigging. Also introduced in LightWave [8] is IK (Inverse Kinematics) Booster which applies IK Handles on all created bones automatically. You can also apply dynamics to bones using this tool. N.B.
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