From Art Geek:

Posing Rigs

Been following along with Justin Chin about how to create posing rigs with SketchUp. Whereas he is using it to pose detailed 3D models (with an eye to making a comic and/or film using SketchUp), my interest relates more to orienting figures in space for paintings — placing the masses, in perspective. So far it seems promising, though I have yet to carry it through to a real painting.

Though the tools are contemporary, the approach dates at least to the 16th Century:

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