Mechanical Rigging - Level 3: Automation Techniques - Part 8

This free Blender tutorial video, part of the "Rigging isn't Scary" Course - Level 3, focuses on advanced mechanical and hard-surface rigging techniques. Learn how to create and automate mechanical arm movements through various methods including weight clean-up, elbow automation, drivers with custom graph curves, rotation constraints, and transformation constraints. Explore the theory and practical implementation of action constraints, including slotted actions for complex mechanisms. Follow along with the creation of a complete mechanical arm rig from bone setup to weight painting, control bone implementation, constraint animation, custom shapes, transform limitations, and collection organization. Note that this is the final video in the current series, with additional content planned for future release. The 49-minute tutorial includes timestamps for easy navigation through each technical concept.