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Unity Manual (R1): IK works backwards from a goal so the end effector reaches it, useful "if you want a character to grab an object or stand on an uneven" surface; API: SetIKPositionWeight, SetIKRotationWeight, SetIKPosition, SetIKRotation, SetLookAtPosition, bodyPosition, bodyRotation; setup:...

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Unity Manual (R1): IK works backwards from a goal so the end effector reaches it, useful "if you want a character to grab an object or stand on an uneven" surface; API: SetIKPositionWeight, SetIKRotationWeight, SetIKPosition, SetIKRotation, SetLookAtPosition, bodyPosition, bodyRotation; setup: valid humanoid Avatar, Animator Controller, enable IK Pass on the layer (which sends OnAnimatorIK), then a script sets goals and weights each frame. R2: animation states with humanoid clips expose "Foot IK" ("Enable to respect Foot IK for this state"). Compared with Unreal's documented plant/unplant thresholds and pelvis limits (C3-B567-01), Unity's built-in layer provides the IK solve and weights but leaves contact detection (raycasts), lock/release hysteresis and pelvis lowering to user code or add-on packages (inference from the API surface; Animation Rigging package not read).

Unity Manual (R1): IK works backwards from a goal so the end effector reaches it, useful "if you want a character to grab an object or stand on an uneven" surface; API: SetIKPositionWeight, SetIKRotationWeight, SetIKPosition, SetIKRotation, SetLookAtPosition, bodyPosition, bodyRotation; setup: valid humanoid Avatar, Animator Controller, enable IK Pass on the layer (which sends OnAnimatorIK), then a script sets goals and weights each frame. R2: animation states with humanoid clips expose "Foot IK" ("Enable to respect Foot IK for this state"). Compared with Unreal's documented plant/unplant thresholds and pelvis limits (C3-B567-01), Unity's built-in layer provides the IK solve and weights but leaves contact detection (raycasts), lock/release hysteresis and pelvis lowering to user code or add-on packages (inference from the API surface; Animation Rigging package not read). Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Unity Manual pages only; the Animation Rigging package was not read; the comparison with Unreal is partly inferential. Limitations: Manual pages only; Animation Rigging package not read; comparison partly inferential. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/InverseKinematics.html",
      "note": "IK Pass step; Foot IK"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-State.html",
      "note": "IK Pass step; Foot IK"
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  • [sourced_fact] Unity Manual (R1): IK works backwards from a goal so the end effector reaches it, useful "if you want a character to grab an object or stand on an uneven" surface; API: SetIKPositionWeight, SetIKRotationWeight, SetIKPosition, SetIKRotation, SetLookAtPosition, bodyPosition, bodyRotation; setup: valid humanoid Avatar, Animator Controller, enable IK Pass on the layer (which sends OnAnimatorIK), then a script sets goals and weights each frame. R2: animation states with humanoid clips expose "Foot IK" ("Enable to respect Foot IK for this state"). Compared with Unreal's documented plant/unplant thresholds and pelvis limits (C3-B567-01), Unity's built-in layer provides the IK solve and weights but leaves contact detection (raycasts), lock/release hysteresis and pelvis lowering to user code or add-on packages (inference from the API surface; Animation Rigging package not read). · locator: IK Pass step; Foot IK source

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