For each bone registered in Close Bone Picker, you can set up a CBP Action — a macro that executes multiple operations with a single button press, such as changing properties or running operators.
For example, to switch a hand from IK to FK: Snap the IK hand to FK → Change the active method to FK → Select the FK hand bone All of these steps can be combined into a single operator.
The nodes used for setup are the Action Node and the Action Step Node.
Each individual action configured in an Action Step Node is linked to the Action Node in sequence to set up the macro. The available types are:
Operator — Execute an operator Property — Change various properties such as transforms or custom properties Bone Select — Select a specific bone Bone Collection — Toggle the visibility of a specific Bone Collection
These are the four types.
Once the macro behavior is configured by connecting Step Nodes to the Action Node, give each Action Node a name and enter that same name in the Action input field of each Bone Node. In the reference image, you can see that the bones c_index1-3 and c_middle1-3 have the Action "finger" entered.
After completing the above setup, run Send selected structure to Armature as usual to register the CBP structure. The configured Actions will then become available.
In the reference video, the "finger" Action configured above is being executed. All joints at the same hierarchy level as the selected finger are selected, then only the thumb selection is excluded.
Only one Action can be registered per bone, and those bones must be part of the CBP hierarchy structure.
As mentioned above, there are four types of Action Step Nodes, each with a different UI and different configurable settings.
Executes an operator. Right-click the target operator and select Copy Operator Name to copy the operator name to your clipboard, then paste it into the Operator > Op field to register it.
Modifies a property value. Right-click the target property and select Copy Data Path to copy the data path to your clipboard, then paste it into the Operator > Op field to register it.
Two drive modes are available: Set, which changes the property to a specified value, and Toggle, which cycles through the values in [ ] each time it is executed.
In the reference image, the Location X of c_hand_ik.l is targeted, cycling through 0, 1, 0, 1 in order each time it runs.
Toggles the selection state of a bone. The reference image shows "c_hand_ik.l" being selected.
Four drive modes are available:
Select Makes the specified bone active. Enable the Add checkbox to add it to the current selection.
Deselect Deselects the specified bone.
Toggle Cycle Cycles through all listed bones in order, activating each one in sequence.
CBP Pick Executes Close Bone Picker operators such as Pick Parent/Child, selecting bones according to the CBP hierarchy rather than specifying them directly.
