Skeleton Class

Skeleton Class

Describes a skeleton for 3D character animation in the bind pose.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
DigitalRune.Animation.CharacterSkeleton

Namespace: DigitalRune.Animation.Character
Assembly: DigitalRune.Animation (in DigitalRune.Animation.dll) Version: 1.4.0.0 (1.4.1.14427)

Syntax

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public class Skeleton : INamedObject

Public Class Skeleton
	Implements INamedObject

public ref class Skeleton : INamedObject

type Skeleton =  
    class
        interface INamedObject
    end

The Skeleton type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Skeleton	Initializes a new instance of the Skeleton class.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetBindPoseAbsoluteInverse	Gets the bind pose transformation of a given bone relative to model space.
	GetBindPoseRelative	Gets the bind pose transformation of a given bone relative to the parent bone.
	GetChild	Gets the bone index of a child bone of a given bone.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetIndex	Gets the bone index for a given bone name.
	GetName	Gets the name of a given bone.
	GetNumberOfChildren	Gets the number of child bones of a given bone.
	GetParent	Gets the index of the parent bone of a given bone.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the skeleton.
	NumberOfBones	Gets the number of bones in this skeleton.

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Remarks

A Skeleton describes the hierarchy of bones in the "bind pose" (also called "rest pose"). Skeletons are immutable: After an instance is created, it is not possible to add/remove bones or change the bind pose.

The class SkeletonPose can be used to animate a skeleton: It defines a new pose for an existing skeleton. A single Skeleton instance can be shared by multiple SkeletonPoses. I.e. if multiple characters with the same skeleton are animated they share the same Skeleton instance, but each character has a different SkeletonPose.

Reference

DigitalRune.Animation.Character Namespace