--- title: Get This Free Maya Rig With Advanced Controls | daily.dev description: STUDIOJOIN released a free Maya character rig with advanced controls including full-body scaling, IK/FK switching, World/Local space toggling, Soft IK for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Get This Free Maya Rig With Advanced Controls | daily.dev og:description: STUDIOJOIN released a free Maya character rig with advanced controls including full-body scaling, IK/FK switching, World/Local space toggling, Soft IK for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zzZr39feG.png og:image:alt: Get This Free Maya Rig With Advanced Controls og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get This Free Maya Rig With Advanced Controls **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary STUDIOJOIN released a free Maya character rig with advanced controls including full-body scaling, IK/FK switching, World/Local space toggling, Soft IK for smoother limb motion, and facial controller visibility options. An overview video explains the rig's functionality in Japanese with auto-generated English subtitles. The rig requires Maya 2023 or later and is licensed for non-commercial use only, suitable for personal exercises, challenges, and short films. Related free Maya rigging tools from other creators are also mentioned. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What Maya version do I need to use the STUDIOJOIN free rig? Maya 2023 or later is required to use STUDIOJOIN's free character rig. The rig includes advanced controls such as full-body scaling, IK/FK switching, World/Local space toggling, Soft IK for smoother limb movement, and facial controller visibility options. It is licensed for non-commercial use only, such as personal exercises, challenges, and short films. _Riggers exploring free Maya tools can find similar practice resources and tool roundups on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Check Out Cool Rig of Cartoon Anthropomorphic Mouse Set Up with Maya](https://daily.dev/posts/check-out-cool-rig-of-cartoon-anthropomorphic-mouse-set-up-with-maya-eoq5slxa4) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Try This New Rigging Solution For Maya In Beta](https://daily.dev/posts/try-this-new-rigging-solution-for-maya-in-beta-eghdt8twg) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Automatic Rig Generator For MetaHumans In Blender](https://daily.dev/posts/automatic-rig-generator-for-metahumans-in-blender-mtbvukayj) · 80 LEVEL · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Mesh-Based Rigging In Maya With Custom DreamWorks-Style Tool](https://daily.dev/posts/mesh-based-rigging-in-maya-with-custom-dreamworks-style-tool-sd35uvpmg) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Awesome Rig of Spot from Spider-Man](https://daily.dev/posts/awesome-rig-of-spot-from-spider-man-dguzkjyp4) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#game-design](https://daily.dev/tags/game-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Get This Free Maya Rig With Advanced Controls","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T14:22:25.699Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T14:22:48.811Z","description":"STUDIOJOIN released a free Maya character rig with advanced controls including full-body scaling, IK/FK switching, World/Local space toggling, Soft IK for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5d382392ee1a9851e9c97c3de07a5648?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5d382392ee1a9851e9c97c3de07a5648?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"3d,game-design","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Get This Free Maya Rig With Advanced Controls"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-free-maya-rig-with-advanced-controls-zzzr39feg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What Maya version do I need to use the STUDIOJOIN free rig?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Maya 2023 or later is required to use STUDIOJOIN's free character rig. 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