AGI Studio 1 - Week 8 - Related Work Post

RdM Tools v2 (https://renderdemartes.com/rdm-tools-v2/)

RdM Tools v2 is a biped auto rigging tool for Maya created by Render de Martes. It deals with creating a biped rig nicely. A user can use this tool to create biped rigs easily and quickly for both animations and games. Even though this tool creates some really good biped rigs, I am using this as research for it’s UI. This tool has one of the best UI, that I have seen so far for an auto rigging tool. I am studying its code inside of Maya to learn how he used Maya’s scripting to build such a clean UI. I have had problems in the past to design the UI for my tools, so I am using this tool as something to learn from. I have so far been able to dissect how he sets up and import images for his buttons and I’ll keep on looking through his codes to learn more in the coming days. Along with learning how he sets up his UI, I have also been able to learn a few things about how sets up his rigs. This tool for me shows the potential of how beautiful a tool can look if done properly. Most of the tools that I have come across so far has very basic UIs and only deals with the tool’s functionality. But this tool has both functionality and UI figured out.