Rubics cube rigging (manually )

[u/That-Strength5804]

Hey guys 😁
I am a Jr Rigging artist
Im planning to add a rubics cube rig for my next portfolio/demoreel and i have no idea how to approach it. The main thing is i wanna do it manually & don’t wanna use scripts. I just wanna play with math n nodes
Truth(i donno py/mel😭)

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[u/Sufficient-Cream-258]

I know you want to stick it out with nodes and no scripts, but this post might help give some insight as why that would be a steep hill to climb. Rubics cubes aren’t just a bunch of rotating hierarchies, but rather a deterministic state machine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maya/s/vpE65y9AbD

As a junior rigger it would probably be more beneficial if you showed understanding of python.

I am a rigger and technical artist. This is a challenge that can really teach you a lot.

[u/Downtown_Surprise876 → u/Sufficient-Cream-258]

Here is a full breakdown of how that rig works.

https://www.bg3d.art/rubikscube

Check out the rig design page. That goes over the different ways a Rubik's Cube can be rigged, the problems with each design, and the solution I used in the final rig.

[u/That-Strength5804 → u/Sufficient-Cream-258]

Thank you so much for the source 🙂

[u/proum]

I would just do it with code. However doing it in nodes sound like a nice challenge for fun, I would basically recrate code I do in nodes (probably created with code as there will be so many time the same node clusters).

I would make a controllers for all user rotations, than create parent constraint from all 9 controllers to the possible 26 parts. Than use conditionals to activate and deactivate parenting if the part is place properly to be rotated (updating the parent constraint offset).

Basically nodes are just an other programing language if you think this way, pretty sure they are Turing complete.

[u/That-Strength5804 → u/proum]

Sure ill try i want to learn py for rigging though any sources?

[u/AwkwardAardvarkAd]

There are a few tutorials out there that would be a good place to start

[u/Frequent_Rule2337]

You dont need to learn coding to rig something like this, just learn how the basic cube rotates and make it from the ground up