Tagged 'rigging'

boneStretch

Submitted by thedour on Wed, 2010-08-18 13:30
71 votes

This tool will change the color of bones based on their squash/stretch amount, providing the user with feedback if they have gone beyond a desired threshold. It will live update as you move around and animate in the viewport.

Tentacles

Submitted by sinokgr on Thu, 2009-02-12 17:09
97 votes

Create procedural tentacle animation with one click. Select the parent bone, generate the script and have fun.


video demonstration***not updated

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***Loop function added (thanks Zoran for the idea) 21.04.09
***Bug fix for 64bitVersions
reverse animation option 17.02.09
***Installer update

Toon Eyes quick setup for cartoon character rigs

Submitted by lalamax3d on Sun, 2009-01-11 09:38
13 votes

[DESCRIPTION]
setup ffd eyes for cartoon type characters so you can easily adjust those to fit character needs, it manage symmetry and instancing nicely. then hit finalize to make them independent.
symmetry setup is really useful for modellers and riggers in team to work on UTV india project efficiently.

[USAGE]
max customize>> lm_rigging>>tooneyes (quad / shortcut key etc)
type character code and create eyes
tweak ffd as you like
finalize eyes button to remove symmetry setup

Pose Store Helper

Submitted by mr-bullfrog on Fri, 2008-12-05 02:10
31 votes

A scripted helper plugin designed primarily for storing, animating and editing poses in a bone based facial rig, offering the control of a bone based rig and the speed of the morpher modifier.

+++ UPDATE: Now includes mirror pose functionality.

Copy Paste Transforms

Submitted by MATSCRPTART on Wed, 2008-12-03 02:13
39 votes

Adavanced Control over Copy, Paste and mirror of Transforms. Paste Transform onto the same object or multiple other objects. Good For Copy and pasting of poses on a rig. 

Copy Paste Transforms Screencap trimmed

Parent Remember Relinker

Submitted by MATSCRPTART on Mon, 2008-12-01 12:35
8 votes

Record the Parents of your objects for easy relinking later.

ParentRemember ScreenCap

Piston Builder

Submitted by MATSCRPTART on Tue, 2008-10-28 23:54
24 votes

automatically creates a piston object between the pivot points of two selected objects and links the piston rods to the chosen objects. Good for car shocks or robots etc.

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BEND RIG 3 / 3.5

Submitted by MATSCRPTART on Thu, 2008-09-18 10:27
11 votes

Zero Santitary Check

Submitted by labbeJason on Sun, 2008-09-07 14:15
9 votes

Goes through an array of nodes, and checks if they are properly zeroed out. Any errors are displayed in the listener. While I'm rigging, I usually run this function on its control objects to immediately see if I missed something.

Convert Biped to Bones

Submitted by labbeJason on Sun, 2008-09-07 14:03
17 votes

After setting up a biped to your character's base pose, use this tool to create a base skeleton rig.

Since you are using biped, you can scale the rig into place, and utilize its mirror function so you only have to do half the side. Then run the tool, and the rig will be made.