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Spline IK control + bones (Problem)

2008-07-04T05:09:34-06:00

hi guys
i have a problem with spline ik & bones:
please see this image :
http://s3.tinypic.com/2hz235x.jpg

and see this picture(after moving point controler) :
http://s3.tinypic.com/htu4pd.jpg

1- when i move point controler my spline got to strech.
2- i want my bones connect to number 2.

my Question is : how can i turn off Spline strech ?
(i dont want to use relative bones)

sorry for my english

-thanx a lot for help

Arms merged with torso

2008-07-03T21:49:27-06:00

Hello, I have this model of a man that I plan to rig. However, I noticed that the side of his upper arms are inside his torso. I’m afraid that when I rig the mesh, moving the arms will drag the torso too. What should I do?

Also, I’d like to convert his clothes to cloth (or something along those lines). Would rigging him first be a problem? The meshes are broken up to pieces, but the pieces are what make up the person. So he doesn’t have an extra mesh layer on him to represent clothes. The clothes are just textured on the character.

Thanks!

In Max, how to export an animation which rigged by Bones

2008-07-04T00:26:36-06:00

Hey guys~ Any idea how to export an animation which rigged by Bones(just like export a biped rig to a bip file)? or any plugins can do?

emm...actually, I mean how to export the animation that rigged by max Bones to a file (just like the the bip file of Character Studio), then maybe sometime I can load this piece of animation to another model which use the exactly same model with the original one.

Thanks~

paulneale.com now had an RSS feed on the site.

2008-07-01T10:01:56-06:00

Well I finaly added an RSS feed at http://paulneale.com as people were asking me for one. Please let me know how it works for you as I have only done limited testing at this stage.

Replacing Biped arms with splines?

2008-06-10T09:38:56-06:00

Hi Everybody,
I was going to try and replace the biped arms with some splines so that I can get cleans arc’s like a more 2d style. But still maintain some of the Ik / fk hand parameters. I don’t mind doing a bit of work to achieve this but I think I may be opening a much larger can of worms. First question , is this achievable with a biped or does it need to be a bones rig? Second question, if this is possible how would I go about setting this up? Any input would be super awesome!

Need to give biped hips wider stance

2008-06-26T14:25:56-06:00

The biped wont let me move the hips outwards to match up with a robot frame. The pelvis wont let me scale it sideways either. Any ideas?

Linking objects to another?

2008-06-26T07:55:23-06:00

Hi.

I’m doing this Crane scene/animation and this is kind of follow-up question to my earlier topic of Rigging a two-point spline (thanks to penn and ScriptChimp for helping me there).

Now I have another problem that I can’t solve. In this animation there are few of these cranes picking up a huge object. After trying to pick it up the cranes will bend a bit more and more and finally they will snap (or explode) apart. So I was thinking to use a bend modifier to the ‘foot’ of the crane and link that Dummy object (here I suggest you to see the attachment) to some part at top of the ‘foot’. Doesn’t work. Then I was trying to include that Dummy to the Bend Modifier but that top part looses its linking and it doesn’t work eather.

Also after that I need to animate that Hook thing somehow quite easy with that Dummy there.

So if you have any proposals to do this, please tell me.

Thanks!

Rigging a two-point spline

2008-06-23T07:20:31-06:00

Hi.
I have made a Building Site Crane and there is a hook hanging which is linked to a dummy object. There is a simple spline which is the rope between the Crane and the Hook. How could I attach point-a to the crane and point-b of the rope to the hook? I don’t need any Reactor simulations or anything like that. Just that the spline gets longer when I pull the hook-dummy down…

Hope you understand what I’m asking here.

Thanks.

EDIT:

Newermind, I found the Spline IK Control modifier. Works great.

scaling biped animation

2008-05-16T21:17:34-06:00

hi,

I have a problem that i can’t seem to solve. in my animation i want to scale a biped with keyframes, for it to look like it grows. However i can’t do this without deforming the mesh. Can somebody show me a solution? it’s a bit urgent

biped morph targets

2008-06-17T20:14:50-06:00

Hi folks:
I think I am starting to get a handle on target morphs in relation to character expressions, my question to the community is this:
How do I apply the target morph information onto the modeled character right after applying Biped and physique?

I am looking for sources, books or tuts that are out there that can explain the steps necessary to achieve the above process.

Essentially I am having difficulty figuring out the order as to when to detach a head , apply target morphs, apply biped skeleton, physique,…

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Alexi