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+
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de_ar73's picture

thanks !

thanks !

jonnybefree's picture

damn thats nice!! thank you

damn thats nice!!

thank you very much man! exactly what i'am looking for since some time!

nomdeguerre's picture

Great script Thank You

Great script Thank You

fayezgfx's picture

It's Nice script Thanks

It's Nice script Thanks allot

jfazzi's picture

Wow! I wish I would have

Wow! I wish I would have had that when I animated some books by hand! This is awesome!

Thanks!

masquerade's picture

Thank you guys. I am glad

Thank you guys. I am glad that you liked it.

 

nakolus,

it is not impolite to ask anything. It is a nice request. I didnt try anything yet but actually I was planning an option of automatically assigning textures from a given image sequence soon.

cheers 

nakolus's picture

What an amazing tool it is

What an amazing tool it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks you a lot !!!!

If it can set every pages texture easier I think it will be more wonderful.
(I think it is very difficult to compelete this work)
(Sorry for that impolite asking)

Oh~~how great tool it is. Thanks you

MarTroYx's picture

Well done

Well done Wink

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