{"id":9895,"date":"2025-09-15T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9895"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:54:28","slug":"toolkit-alternative-furniture-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-alternative-furniture-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit &#8211; Custom Poses &#038; Alternative Furniture Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef9a0e68ffb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef9a0e68ffb\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-alternative-furniture-setup\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-alternative-furniture-setup\/#seat-node-orientation\" >Seat Node Orientation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-alternative-furniture-setup\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DfaIcf-bQVU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture\/\">furniture<\/a> to include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/avatar-poses\/\">custom avatar poses<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Studio Toolkit<\/a> for Blender, seat nodes are generally positioned relative to where the avatar is to appear, the avatar pose then being made relative to the seat nodes location and orientation. As an alternative to doing this, seat nodes can be co-located with the Root node (they&#8217;re in the same place), with the avatar pose then being used to determine correct placement.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 5 mins (00:05:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: n\/a.<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: some additional considerations when setting up furniture to include custom avatar poses;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seat-node-orientation\"><\/span>Seat Node Orientation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>For ease of avatar pose\/animation creation furniture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/seat-nodes\/\">seat nodes<\/a> are normally positioned relative to where an avatar appears and the pose it strikes using a given spot. Typically this means the seat nodes <strong>Y-axis<\/strong> (green arrow when a node is selected) points backwards from the nodes Origin, the avatar faces forward from this. When positioning under this regime, seat nodes will be rotated, avatar pose or animation then being relative to the node. In other words Female03MasterRoot, the &#8216;root&#8217; or &#8216;master&#8217; bone of the avatar skeleton, aligns to this front\/back axis, so to change the orientation of the avatar, the seat node is moved or rotated. This means when poses are created, care must be take to properly match the avatar positionally to the seat node else gaps may occur. The above alternative approach to setting up furniture avoids needing to do this.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #dedede; color: #000; width: 98.5%; padding: 1.0em;\"><strong>Aside<\/strong>: for medium to large sized furniture, and especially rooms, it&#8217;s remains optimal to position seat nodes where they need to be, and create avatar poses relative to those locations &#8211; it&#8217;s not efficient or effective to create poses where the bones of the skeleton a extreme distances from Female03MasterRoot.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/toolkit-alternative-node-direction.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/toolkit-alternative-node-direction.jpg\" alt=\"Furniture Node Orientation\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The general orientation of an avatar is determined by the seat node, the <strong>Y-axis<\/strong> (green arrow of the manipulation widget) being the &#8216;front\/back&#8217; direction.<\/i>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[774,200,1059,1094,195,194,835,1049,630,762,724],"class_list":["post-9895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-attachmentroot","tag-avatar-poses","tag-blender-4-x","tag-female03masterroot","tag-furniture","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-imvu-toolkit","tag-poses","tag-seat-nodes","tag-skeleton"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9895"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9904,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9895\/revisions\/9904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}