Book Rigger

166 votes
Version: 
3.5
Date Updated: 
09/08/2025
Author Name: 
Arda Kutlu

Now Supports the Latest 3ds Max Versions with Improved features!

One-click page turns, ready to animate.

Make believable book and page animations in seconds. Book Rigger builds a full page-turn rig for any page count, gives you intuitive controls for flipping and shuffling, and supports single or double-sided materials. Drag, drop, rig, animate.

What’s new in 3.5

  • Compatible with the latest 3ds Max versions, fixing the old crash and freeze issues

  • Oldness attribute to add quick per-page noise for a used or vintage look

  • Reset to Defaults button to instantly restore clean settings

  • More animateable attributes such as Flex Crease Center/Area, Turn Crease Center, Land Crease Center/Area and Flex Angle

  • Optimised and easy-to-use expression-based page turn, shuffle and multiply functions.

What it does

  • Creates a complete, animator-friendly book rig in one click

  • Lets you flip, land, and shuffle pages with simple controls

  • Speeds up or slows down turns with a single multiplier

  • Assigns single or double-sided materials, including animated diffuse sequences

Key features

 

  • Any page count, built in a single click

  • Interactive controls for page curvature, turn, land, and shuffle

  • Global speed multiplier for timing tweaks

  • Material setup for single or double-sided pages

  • Diffuse textures can be driven by animated sequences

  • Quality-of-life tools: Oldness attribute and Reset to Defaults

Version Requirement: 
3ds Max 2026+
Video URL: 

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lykenan's picture

which version are you using?

which version are you using?

skubeedoo's picture

parenting objects

is there any way to parent objects to a page?

ikaru's picture

can't see animation of pages using the time slide

it opens up perfectly but when I put key frames lets sayfrom 01 to 20 and try to test the animation of pages using the time slides nothing happens.
please help I am in the middle of a proyect which I have to deliver.
do Ineed to clean previous versions? in that case how I can do it?
many thanks

how do I activate it ? do you send an e mail for activation after the pucharse or something

Leandro Salerno's picture

Shuffle on reverse animation no work.

Hello, this script is great! but shuffle on reverse no working....

1. create book.
2. animate page to 10.
3. set Shuffle to 1000
4. animate page to 0. And Shuffle no work.

any solution?
Thanks!

diegovr's picture

Didn't read the part that

Didn't read the part that said there's no direct download, lol.
I'll wait.
Thanks

diegovr's picture

DOWNLOAD

Hi man, I've just paid for the book rigger in your side using paypal, but after the confirmation page nothing else happens, how do I download it now?
Thanks.
Btw, great reel!

masquerade's picture

which version are you using?

which version are you using?

Menna_Mahmoud's picture

am trying to load sequence of

am trying to load sequence of images and every time the script reads only the last image in the sequence and apply it to the whole pages

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masquerade's picture

Thank you phamton. Very nice

Thank you phamton. Very nice sketchbook by the way. I also appreciate the credit.

phamtom's picture

hi Arda---i came across your

hi Arda---i came across your script through fellow animation student Jais. thanks so much for putting this out there for everyone to use---really cool on your part!
here's my virtual Moleskine:
http://www.vimeo.com/15225677

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