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refining Shape Behavior with the Bind tool
The organic control of a shape by
its armature is a result of a map-
ping between the anchor points
along the shape and its bones. The
points along the tip of the tentacle,
for example, are mapped to the
very last bone, whereas the points
farther up the tentacle are mapped
to the bones farther up the tentacle.
Hence, where the bones rotate, the
shape follows.
You can edit the connections
between the bones and their control
points with the Bind tool (
). The
Bind tool is hidden under the Bone
tool. The Bind tool displays which control points are connected to which bones and lets you break
those connections and make new ones.
Choose the Bind tool and click on any bone in the shape. The selected bone is highlighted in red, and
all the connected control points on the shape are highlighted in yellow.
If you want to redefine which control points are connected to the selected bone, you can do the following:
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Shift-click to add additional associations to control points.
Ctrl-click/Command-click to remove associations to control points.
Drag a connection line between the bone and the control point. In the following figure, a line is
being dragged from the selected bone to a point on the left to make the association.
Lesson 5
Articulated Motion and Morphing