The process of creating a skeleton that will be used for character animation in computer graphics. The process of binding a 3D mesh to the skeleton - a mesh that will be deformed by the movements of the joints and bones of the skeleton - is called skinning.
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3ds Max Rigs to Cinema 4D
I exported the rig from 3ds Max as a FBX file and opened it with Cinema 4D. Everything works great, but the model and a different look to it. Also the mask on her head has a different texture, but it ...
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Excessive Vertex Weighting in 3ds Max
I've imported a mesh and attached a biped to it with Physique, then used the Skin modifier to set the weighting of vertices on the left and right thighs.
The whole mesh has been coloured crimson, but ...
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Disjointed bones in 3ds Max - Are they a problem?
The title sums up my question fairly well. I'm working with a biped, and I'm not sure whether to put the extra effort into connecting all the bones, or just to leave spaces between each of them. What ...
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CAT RIG to FBX XNA problems
Im trying to export my 3ds max cat rig to fbx for use in XNA. in that file i have 1 animation playing and i want to be able to use it within xna.
So the problem is, once ive exported the file out, ...
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Problem with drawing mesh
So I made this simple model in blender. Its made up of one mesh, and one armature that contains three bones. This is the parent-child relationship that I made in blender:
For the sake of simplicity ...
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Guidelines when rigging a character
Just wondering that how many IK (Inverse Kinematic) bones should you apply to a game character before it starts to go resource hog. Basically should you try to get rid of IK bones and just try to ...
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Draw mesh with multiple bones
So I currently have an object made up of only one mesh. And this object contains three bones. One for strecthing the mesh left, one for streching the mesh up, and a center bone, which moves the object ...
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Make bones in blender work corectly in XNA
So, I am trying to connect bones with vertex groups in blender, but I keep failing. if I move a bone in XNA, it doesnt also move those vertecis that are connected to this bone(vertex groups). What I ...
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Animated rig improperly imported, unsure how to fix [closed]
In the following screenshot I have the elbow of a rigged human model in 3d studio max, as you can see it looks natural: http://i.imgur.com/CFozg.png
Here it is in Unity: http://i.imgur.com/ltGib.png
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Fastest approach to 3D animation
I'm currently tasked with designing a small HTML5 game.
Having done everything by myself so far (3D models, codebase, game design, etc) I'm now at a point where I'm running out of time.
I've less ...
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How to create rigged 3dModel in Blender and setRotation in irrlicht?
I have edited a rigged human model in blender (to change the axis of rotation of certain joints), to export it to Irrlicht and setRotation on the model's joints.
Irrlicht detects the joints in
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How to port animation from one skeleton to another?
While I need to do this in a Blender3D modeler script, the math should be similar for other modelers or realtime engines.
Blender3D specific terminology:
Armature = skeleton
EditBone = rest pose bone ...
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XNA: Rotating Bones
XNA 4.0
I am trying to learn how to rotate bones on a very simple tank model I made in Cinema 4D.
It is rigged by 3 bones, Root -> Main -> Turret -> Barrel
I have binded all of the objects to the ...
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Why do FPS games have a 3rd and 1st person mode when doing animations? [closed]
I noticed how in FPS mode you have cool looking skins on the gloves and weapons but in 3rd they are screwed. Why does a game need this sort of structure ? And also where do you learn how to rig ...
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How can animate a set of rigs without reinventing the wheel?
I have a set of rigs of my own defined 3D doll in Javascript. I would like to animate a set of rigs to simulate walking, jumping, etc. Obviously I could do it by myself, but I'm sure I would be ...
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Trouble rigging rotating head to pivoting arm
I've got a 3ds max model and I'm trying to rig it. I followed some tutorials, but I got stuck. I've got my rotating head, and the arm that holds it and pivots up and down, but the two don't "connect" ...
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How can I export mudbox joints to .fbx?
When I export my Mudbox mesh (level 1), with its skeleton selected, to a .fbx and import it into unity, I don't get the bones/joints/skeleton/whatever under my mesh in the hierarchy.
Am I missing ...
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3DS Max equivalent to vertex weight painting
I'm working in 3ds max on models for an Iphone game project and finding that using the Physique modifier is to general for rigging. When working with so few vertices I want to be able to directly tell ...
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Why is the “bind pose” one with outstretched arms?
Something I've often wondered about is the "bind pose". The bind pose for human skeletons is one where their legs are straight, and their arms are perpendicular to their body:
My question is: why? ...
