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  <div class="section" id="rigging-utilities">
<h1>Rigging Utilities<a class="headerlink" href="#rigging-utilities" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">author:</th><td class="field-body">Jeremy Ernst</td>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">description:</th><td class="field-body">This module contains utilities for working with joints.</td>
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<dt id="artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.attr_is_settable">
<code class="descname">attr_is_settable</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>attribute</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/artv2/utilities/rigging_utilities.html#attr_is_settable"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.attr_is_settable" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Determines in the pymel Attribute object can be set (It may have keyframes, but cannot be connected or constrained).</p>
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<dt id="artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.build_skeleton">
<code class="descname">build_skeleton</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/artv2/utilities/rigging_utilities.html#build_skeleton"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.build_skeleton" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Builds a deformation skeleton based on the joint mover guide joints.
:return: root joint of newly created skeleton.</p>
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<code class="descname">divide_joint</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>number</em>, <em>joint</em>, <em>name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/artv2/utilities/rigging_utilities.html#divide_joint"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.divide_joint" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Given a joint, divide the segment below that joint by the given number.</p>
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<li><strong>number</strong> – Number of divisions to divide a joint segment.</li>
<li><strong>joint</strong> – The top end joint of the joint segment to divide.</li>
<li><strong>name</strong> (<em>str</em>) – The base name of the component.</li>
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<code class="descname">remove_joints</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>number</em>, <em>joint</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/artv2/utilities/rigging_utilities.html#remove_joints"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.remove_joints" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Given a joint, remove the given number of joints above that joint.</p>
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<li><strong>number</strong> – The number of parents to remove.</li>
<li><strong>joint</strong> – The joint to remove parents from.</li>
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<dt id="artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.reset_joint_to_initial">
<code class="descname">reset_joint_to_initial</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>joint</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/artv2/utilities/rigging_utilities.html#reset_joint_to_initial"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.reset_joint_to_initial" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Resets the given joint to its initial creation position and orientation (defined by the rigging guide file).</p>
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<dt id="artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.toggle_local_axis">
<code class="descname">toggle_local_axis</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>state</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../_modules/artv2/utilities/rigging_utilities.html#toggle_local_axis"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#artv2.utilities.rigging_utilities.toggle_local_axis" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Toggles the visibility of the local rotation axis of all driven component joints with the given state.</p>
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