Tool Settings

Pose Options

Auto IK

Reference

Mode

Pose Mode

Panel

Sidebar ‣ Tool ‣ Pose Options ‣ Auto IK

The auto IK option in the Sidebar enables a temporary IK constraint when posing bones. The chain acts from the tip of the selected bone to root of the upper-most parent bone. Note that this mode lacks options, and only works by applying the resulting transform to the bones in the chain.

X-Axis Mirror

Reference

Mode

Edit and Pose Mode

Panel

Sidebar ‣ Tool ‣ Options ‣ X-Axis Mirror

This option enables automatic mirroring of editing actions along the X axis. You can enable this option in the Tool tab ‣ Options panel, while the armature is selected in Edit Mode. When you have pairs of bones of the same name with just a different “side suffix” (e.g. “.R”/“.L”, or “_right”/“_left” …), once this option is enabled, each time you transform (move, rotate, scale…) a bone, its “other side” counterpart will be transformed accordingly, through a symmetry along the armature local X axis. As most rigs have at least one axis of symmetry (animals, humans, …), it is an easy way to keep the model symmetrical.

Relative Mirror

Reference

Mode

Edit and Pose Mode

Panel

Sidebar ‣ Tool ‣ Options ‣ Relative Mirror

Accounts for any relative transformations when using X-Axis Mirror.

Note

Relative Mirror Limitation

This option is not supported with Auto IK enabled.

See also

Naming bones.