SSMIK for Maya 2023

An implematation of Skeleton Subspace Mesh Inverse Kinematics algorithm.

Publications

• Tomohiko Mukai and Takafumi Taketomi, "Skeleton Subspace Skin Penetration Removal", Eurographics 2026 Short Papers, 2026.

  

How to use

1. Locate "modules/ssmik" folder in your Maya module folder, typically "\Documents\maya\modules".

2. Load "ssmik.mll" plug-in

3. Select the skin model and the obstacle models in sequence

4. Run the MEL command “ssmik”

5. Behavior of the IK solver can be configured through the controller node's attributes

Development Environment

Windows 11 + Maya 2023.3.1

Build Instructions

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio Community 2026
  • Platform Toolkit v142 (Visual Studio 2019) to build the Maya 2023 plugin.
• Embree 4
• GLM
• Eigen 3.4.0
• Maya 2023.3 DevKit

Open the Visual Studio solution file (ssmik.sln), configure the include and library paths for Eigen, GLM, and Embree, and then build the project.

Acknowledgement

MayaIntersectionMarker (@yamahigashi): Our plugin has been developed by modifying this code, particularly the collision detection and visualization features.

Release notes

• [2026.3.19] Released initial version