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3Ds Max Fulldome Tutorial

RIGGING IN 3DS MAX – Fundamentals Tutorial

creating stretchy IK bones in 3ds Max

create your bone system, say ArmUp/ArmLow/ArmEnd.
Set IK from ArmUp
find the sum of the bone lengths (6/4/0 = 10)
Find the percentage of bones to sum length (6/10 = 0.6 = 60%)
Use Expose Transform to find the distance between IK handle and IK root.
Wire Distance to ArmLow and ArmEnd XPosition using the following
- if (Distance>10) then 6+(0.6*(Distance-10)) else 6

creating Adjust Bones in 3ds Max

with your bone system, create three points which will be pos/ori constrained to each bone of the sequence.
Create controls and parent them to each of these points and FreezeTrans
create new points per adjust bone used, and pos const between the two controls to the percentage needed. these also need a Look At to the control below. Up Node would be the point above.
create new controls and parent them to the points. freezeTrans.
If not done already, create an Arm Root node and parent everything to it. Include the adjust bones, which should be separated out and given end bones.
Pos Const bones and ends to their controls, lookAt to the control below and use the control above as the upnode
if you wish, wire the bones scale to it’s control’s scale.
Clavicle bones should be pos const to a control, then look at the ArmUp adjust control.