Blender Rigging - Setting Up an IK Arm Rig

Bravo! I have been wanting to start using bones instead of relying on just contraints. This is such a great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

best IK tuto Ive ever seen.

Had to add to the other comments here....I've been watching tutorials on Blender for the last couple of years...but this one...excellent, perfect clarity, crystal clear explanation. Like the other comments...gold standard!

Excellent intro for getting into bones and ik for the first time, everything explained very clearly . Great tutorial, thanks very much, just what I needed.

thank you I am French and I understand very well your explanations !

This is a cool video

Won"t say that's the best I've watched. Will just say that the only one I understood. Some says there's no bad students, only bad teachers... :)

I like creating and animating machines so I keep coming back to this vid. Great job.

You should use an "empty" as the IK target not a bone.

LOvely ....!!

Johnny, you made my day.

clear and precise - I love it

This should be the PLATINUM standard! Amazing clarity! Kudos! 💯

I can't parent the two piston bones. They are all in the same collection. It's driving me up the wall. Brilliant tutorial though.

This is THE BEST tutorial on subject of mechanical rigging, and I watched them ALL: Ian Hubert, CG cookie (YT, and paid with sci fi environment)... Johnny's tutorial is packed with informations, and CLEAR EXPLANATIONS:
Why you are doing something
What are the steps to perform certain task
What you need to be aware in order to successfully perform your operation

I wish I watched this tutorial first, then I would be able to understand everything much better.

Best explanation ever! Thanks.

Does this have to be done with bones? Can't the geometry be used in a hierarchy and constraints?

Great tutorial for, thank you

incredible tutorial Johnny! first one I saw that demonstrates a mechanical rig so well!

"Cursor to Selected". Thank you

Oh my god this video is perfect. It has exactly everything that I needed to learn, it’s straight to the point, the directions are clearly spoken, and you explain every step. I only wish I found it sooner!

Thank you

Thanks alot mate! this is Gold, so much in just one video, thank you 👍

thanks a lot, you have an amazing ability to explain that make things easier to understand

amazing tutorial

Excellent presentation.. short, concise and comprehensive

I've watch so many tutorials on ik rigging and this is by far the clearest and most thorough. Thank you so much. This is the first video I'm seeing, but best believe I'm here to stay

This helped me out so much. Thank you man for making this video.

thank you so much, great tutorial

Such a clear and concise explanation, great job!

Hearing the shortcuts as you press them is more natural, rather than seeing them being displayed on a corner where you have to playback the video just to know what is being pressed. it stupid. this is genius. I subscribed on the first few seconds of the video.

Damn what a good tutorial! Everything one needs to know about mechanical rigging is explained in this video! Thank you so much!

Fantastic tutorial Johnny!!! Great explanations and very understandable. Saved! and Subscribed!

Thank you.

🏅🥇🎖🏆 That is some serious Blendering IMHO. There should be an award for best-quality videos like a Grammy or something. I'd give this one a nod.

Thank you for this super well explained tutorial. You helped me big time

UPDATE!!!! 1 hour after watching this it hit me, THE FAKIN BONE CONSTRAINS FROM THE FK MINDFRAME FRAKED ME... If i had an ikea desk i would totally hulk smash it , but this thing is sturdy. Thanks for indirectly pointing out my issue.

so i tried to do this for a bipod on a sniper rifle..now yes this would be easier if i had just FK the animation since the actions were a simple rotate a bracket down, rotate individual legs outwards (joint at the bracket), extend the telescopic legs and rotate the foot on each leg. now as constrains go the first thing i did was i went through the armature and did a bone rotational constraint for the parts that rotated (the bracket, the legs and the foot on each leg) and a location constraint on the telescopic leg part. SO voila my FK is done. next I added a bone so i can setupIK to control all this individual movements in one clean move with one bone and that is where it all goes to feces. I have followed the two methods step by step. It is not working at all for me and idk what i am doing wrong, worse of all i know it is something i am doing wrong and i cant find it and its been chewing at me for 9 days now . 1 fakin task, one retarded bipod 9 days of life . When i add a bone and make sure is not stuck to the armature then i click on one the two folding feet of the bipod, then i add ik constraint to my lone bone. then i try to move the "handdle" bone and its stuck it doesnt move it controls nothing , i made sure that the chain is set i can see the yellow doted line telling me how far the IK controls the armature on that leg of the bipod but i can't get it to move
Im lost, i need help. PLESE HAALPPPP someone anyone HALP, this kind of not knowing doesnt let me sleep literally, like ibe waking up 5-6 am just to search and try to do what i want to do in this case after going to bed at 2 am so yeah 4-5 hours of sleep in the past 9 days and roughly 16 hours for the past 9 days for AGAIN 1 bipod 1 stupid fucking concept that WON"T SINK INTO MY FUCKING BRAIN.

IK stands for Inverse Kinematics... whew, had to look that one up on my own!

finally an easy and complete tutorial about mechanical rigging and IK, thank you very much !

Phenomenal tutorial, thanks for sharing this great info!

thank you ! i learned today ..good video

BRILLIANT! Standing ovation for this video. Thank you! 🙆‍♂👏

This is so easy to follow! Definetly my favorite!

Thank you so much johnny your tutorial always help me
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nice video, really gonna help me do my next project, thanks!

Nice Matt you do good job ok

Лучшее видео про риг механизмов!
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Excellent tutorial the best for simplicity of understanding and clarity in the explanation of how to get an IK in blender thanks a lot