Stretchy Joints (Non-IK)

[nathan_warford]

I am working on creating a rigged character that is fully customizable, right down to the lengths of various body parts like the arms, legs, and torso. I found a tutorial for stretching the joints of a proxy rig in the manner that I want, which can be watched at the following URL.

The problem is that the rig I'm creating is already skinned. What do I need to do to make my joints stretchable in a rig that is fully skinned?

[nathan_warford]

I figured out how to do it. Simply scaling the joints does the trick, but it creates the problem of causing joints further down the chain to sheer. The way around it is to make sure that in the Attribute Editor, all of the joints have "Segment Scale Compensate" checked. As long as SSC is checked, there will are no sheering problems.