In the video, we are going to create a skeleton and assign skin weights for a camera crane model. The model is used to control its parts in the crane simulation. Bones are utilized to manipulate different parts of the mesh for actions such as rolling the wheels, turning columns, tilting, and extending beams, among others.
We´ll walk you through the process of building the skeleton from scratch and assigning skin weights for these types of rigid surfaces.
0:00 Introduction to the goal
1:48 Introduction to a model to work with
4:12 Prepare view layout
5:34 Start a skeleton creation
10:05 Setup joints for wheels
17:57 timelapse of a creation of beams joints
18:25 review a created skeleton
19:28 skin weights
24:12 review assigned skin weights
Technocrane repository on github - https://github.com/technocranes/technocrane-unreal
Crane models in FBX - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jS9jVM7PwWjiCd1iGeR3GpBMbp1Z2DnN
