Character Animation Overview

The character animation module provides advanced tools for creating and animating character rigs.

Character weights are stored in a CAWeightTag. Weight tags can be edited directly or using the Weight Manager:

• CAWeightTag Manual
• CAWeightMgr Manual

Custom auto weight algorithms are based on maxon::AutoWeightInterface, see AutoWeightInterface Implementation.

The CAPoseMorphTag stores multiple morphs that are used for advanced character animation. Morphs and morph data are stored using special classes.

• CAPoseMorphTag Manual
• CAMorph Manual
• CAMorphNode Manual
• CAReferencePSD Manual

For general information on keyframe animation see Animation Overview.