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transform driver is not working after the spine setup and i m using H20.5 there are a lot of changes in apex

Non Destructive Rigging lol

in 20.5 you gotta mannally select the rig source in confiure control to work

Thanks for the tut! Do you still recommend doing eye look at this way after 20.5? Cheers!

is apex actually worth using, if I can already rig really well inside of maya? whats the main benifit

THANK A LOT !!! U are HERO!

orientation to the pivot point doesn't work after using Rig Doc..Setting Normals and Up-Vector... Initialize Transforms and Convert Instance Attributes. ... Orientation shows sideways upwards, but not along the joints. I already did the tut twice with the same output. Any solution? Houdini 20.5.332

This is a lot easier to understand than the tutorials provided by Houdini on APEX. Thank you so much!

lol sorry but the dict_build node is now my new fav😂

Thanks for the tutorial! The Attribute Wrangle to correct the names "_L to _R" at the beginning, is working when I check with the Pack Node, but inside the subNetwork when I Split is messed up again. I don't know if it is a bug or what....20.5.278 here. Thanks!

Hey Max thanks for the tutorial, but for some reason the attribtransfer is not working @16:24, it is deforming the topring when connected to bonedeform.

Yeah this series has been great. The only issue I came across so far is that the settings on the sweep node to create the proxy geo needed to be really specific otherwise the jointcapturebiharmonic node would error out. This is most likely due to slightly differing versions of Houdini, because I copied the exact same numbers Max used, but it didn't work at first. It required some experimentation in both the radius field (1.784) as well as the scale ramp (1.242). In any case, I eventually got it to match, and maybe it doesn't need to be so perfect anyways once the jointcapturepaint nodes are added and smoothed. That said, I'd definitely be curious to see how rigging a full realistic biped from scratch would compare to this simple robot, especially in Houdini 20.5, since it seems some of the workflow has changed and I can't get all these Houdini 20 techniques to carry over to the newest version.

Very hard to follow along as it is supposed to be a Beginner Tutorial.

Has this process been simplified in the new version of APEX? H20.5?

In 20.5 there is a new node called Attribute Adjust Array SOP for easy tagging!

you simply the best✅

Thank you so much for these! Your playlist here on YT needs updating though. It's missing part 5 of the robot rig and lots of stuff is out of order. I only bring it up because some people might miss some of the videos that you put such great effort into. Thank you again!

This series of Apex tutorials are so valuable, Thanks for this. A quick tip for the wrangle nodes, can press ctrl + (+ or -) in the editor to change the font size.

Is there a way to add scale to the root in a way that we don't affect the sqash and strech strength?

Amazing stuff, thank you!

Hey thanks for these videos! Much needed :) By the time I get to around 20:40 following your tutorial I get knee popping - what's the most common cause of that?

@maxrose8845 I was getting this warning from the component script >> "Input connection missing for in-place port /dict_set1:dict[in]." Consider using a Value node." I fixed it by connecting the "dict[in]" ports from both the "dict::set<float>" apex nodes to the "parms" input apex node but you didn't have to do that. Is it some kind of bug in Houdini 20.5.278?

Could you rig a hand next! I think that would be super useful! Thanks for this content, really great stuff!

Hey there Max. Thank you so much for going through this topic. I do have a question; In the second component script in which you create a dictionary for the (single) blendshape, I saw that you had to create an individual 'dict_set_float' node that creates the blend# entry. But then, if we are to add or subtract bshapes it looks like we need to dig into the component script and fiddle with these nodes over and over again adding or deleting nodes like crazy. Doesn't this go against procedural workflow? What would one need to do to get the dictionary entries to update as the number of bshapes changes?

Attribute Adjust Array - create four entries and four values. Name first one 'ik' with no operation, second one operation 0 (point_0) and a value of 'root' and so on.

For any one can't make IK work like in video. Just change the name "arm_ikhandle" to "arm_IKHandle" in Control tab, everything will work normally

In the electra rig example they use attribute adjust array.

Thanks for great tutorial. Is it possible in apex graph create analog of object merge sop for null nodes to prevent wire clutter?

I'm having a hard time understanding the benefit of this, it seems like a significant amount of work to get a simple rig set up. I see you saying you can use it multiple times, but I can use a maya rig multiple times too. I just parent a new mesh to it and go; so...what is the actual benefit apart from taking 10x as much work to get the same output? This is a genuine question, I want to like Houdini; but it seems like so much extra effort for literally no benefit.

for anyone wondering if there apex rig component is not working , just check if you have spelled the Base with capital " B " in pack folder , i made this mistake and quit 3 times wondering somethings wrong with houdini , hope this helps

My settings are completely different on the APEX autorig component

why don't we have to specify the [in] and [out] when connecting the nodes and the end? like before we had to to that for trs. We only do that if there are two versions of a port?

I did it! Pretty proud of myself and I have thank you again for creating this course. I only have one unresolved technical problem which might be a bug in my version. The claw in the Robot's left arm flips 180 deg. when I activate the bonedeform APEX component node. I rebuilt the arm- and the APEX sections twice. If you have any idea where to look for a cause. Please let me know. Either way, Thank You again and I hope you continue creating tutorials like this one.Cheers!

Spectacular, thanks for this series of videos, I'm almost complete with my character! My only complaint is, why not with a human? Ha!

What’s up max, thanks for the awesome tutorials, I know apex is rapidly changing and with the update of h20.5 would you still say everything in these videos is the up to date approach or are there some things maybe we can simplify now?

thank you for the tutorial,i hope they simplify this in the future

Hi max, thanks for your apex tutorial.🎉May I ask where did you found those blendshape parms needs to set manually? My blendshape does not work even follow step by step. I think the problem are those parms that I need to get more info, though the docs of apex are slim to none😢

I want to take this opportunity and thank you for a great tutorial. I walked into this one as you had provided a model. But, for me being a beginner it was hard, very hard. But, I feel I have accomplished something now and looking forward to the last chapter. Your teaching style is excellent and I learned a lot of tricks as well. Cheers!

I sound like a broken record at this point but damn dude, I could binge watch all your videos in one sitting. I came here right after watching the APEX masterclass and frankly, I was discouraged. Apex seemed so convoluted and complex that I began to think that rigging in houdini perhaps just wasn't for me. After some more digging, I stumbled on your channel and it's been as if a thousand lightbulbs just went off. these videos no doubt take a lot of work to prepare but I'll selfishly admit that I hope you continue to upload and that I am extremely stoked to see your future videos. cheers man!

Hey Max, just thought I'd drop a quick comment to thank you for these series. honestly, this is some of the best educational videos I have seen online. additionally, apex videos are still quite scarce on YT let alone using them on hardsurface characters (which are my absolute favorites and quite a bit different from organic characters). You're an absolute legend and if you've got a patreon or something, I'd love to support you. Cheers mate

can't figure out what you did to rename the parms at 14:20

You’re god sent Max, period! Thank you for all your efforts into making this Apex series! 🙏🙏🙏🫶🫶🫶

I love the wide screen recording... It looks great on my wide screen monitor!

Great series I love it, its exactly what I need for my owl creature! Quick tip, this Get_center_Line subnetwork can be done in one node called Match Size. It scales and even transforms whatever you put in there to the reference object (harmonica spine in this case).

Hi, great lessons, btw, thank you so much!!! Can't force start IK to work in new APEX Autorig Comp node (looks slightly different than your in 20.0.724). Is there any chance to get detailed explanation what did I missed?

if you dont mind me asking isn't the space switching already solved in the animation state, where constraints can be created dynamically?

oh so merging it straight skips the need to save a subgraph, thats cool

Another great tutorial! From the knowledge I accumulated watching your tutorials I was actually able to build a similar reverse foot rig before I even saw this tutorial. (a little less procedural than this one) here is a test quadruped rig I built for a weird cat model I found on the net, blend shapes seems too complicated for me at the moment, I hope 20.5 will simplify the process a little. th-cam.com/video/haitOn4bolE/w-d-xo.html

can i send you my rig? my banking and heel controls are no working in apex for some reason

Will there be any auto rigging coming to apex? Similar to rigify for humanoid characters, that come with bone deforming based facial rigs as well? The possibilities really seem awesome with apex and character workflows but at the moment this seems like too much work.