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Skeletal animation or rigging is a technique in computer animation in which a character (or other articulated object) is represented in two parts: a polygonal or parametric mesh representation of the surface of the object, and a hierarchical set of interconnected parts (called joints or bones, and collectively forming the skeleton), a virtual ...
1. In the rigging of a sailing ship. [3] 2. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure. [3] 3. Overhead or high above. alongside By the side of a ship or pier. [3] ama A secondary hull or float attached to the primary hull of a vessel for stability, or the hulls of a modern catamaran. amidships 1.
ríg or rí, Irish language word for "king" rig or run rig, a traditional system of land occupation in Scotland; Ridgling, or rig, a male animal with one or both testicles undescended; rig, to engage in cheating during a game, election, etc. Ríg (Norse god) or Heimdall, the father of mankind in Norse mythology
Running rigging on a sailing yacht: 1. Main sheet 2. Jib sheet 3. Boom vang 4. Downhaul 5. Jib halyard. Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support and control a sailing ship or sail boat's masts and sails. Standing rigging is the fixed rigging that supports masts including shrouds and stays.
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. [1] Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant. [2] [3] [4]
Rigging of a sailing frigate. A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging. [1] Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. [2] A rig may be broadly categorized as "fore-and-aft", "square", or a combination of both. Within the fore-and-aft category there is a variety of triangular and quadrilateral sail ...
1. The tallest mast on a ship [1] with more than one mast, especially the tallest mast on a full-rigged ship. 2. On a ship with more than one mast, the second mast from the bow. mainmast head The top of a sailing vessel's mainmast. mainmastman A sailor assigned to the mainmast. mains The main brails on the mainsail. [2] mainsheet
Rigging is both a noun, the equipment, and verb, the action of designing and installing the equipment, in the preparation to move objects. A team of riggers design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as heavy machinery, structural components, building materials, or large-scale fixtures ...