Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

Bone Groups

The Bone Groups feature basically lets you visually organize your bones using colors and it also allows for quick group selections. Using these options, you can have different colors for each type of bone; in this case, you’d have Deform, Control, and Helpers groups. In Figure 11.8, you can see the Bone Groups panel, which you can find on the Armature tab in the Properties Editor.

Figure 11.8 The Bone Groups panel on the Armature tab of the Properties Editor

From the Bone Groups panel, you can add new groups to the list and, when you click Assign, the currently selected bones will become part of the active bone group (Deform in ...