Aaron
10-28-2002, 06:09 AM
I'm building a prop for my character, and I needed some advice in regards to rigging the prop.
My character is a traveling artist -- she carries around a field easel (think the MABEF M-32, if you're familiar with it). At one point in the animation, she has to set the easel up -- it's a tripod, so it only has 3 majour moving parts (plus the base), but they need to slide into place and rotate around their pivot point.
Basically, I'm just wondering if anyone here knows about rigging mechanical/sliding joints and such. A topic in the help file, a tutorial (visualboo's list didn't have anything I think relates to this). Any examples would be great (3dsmax 4.2) =)
Here are some links to sites with pictures of easels like her's:
Link One (http://www.dickblick.com/zz515/21/products.asp?param=0&ig_id=5515)
Link Two (http://store1.yimg.com/I/pearl_1700_20106226)
Thanks in advance, all!
-Aaron.
My character is a traveling artist -- she carries around a field easel (think the MABEF M-32, if you're familiar with it). At one point in the animation, she has to set the easel up -- it's a tripod, so it only has 3 majour moving parts (plus the base), but they need to slide into place and rotate around their pivot point.
Basically, I'm just wondering if anyone here knows about rigging mechanical/sliding joints and such. A topic in the help file, a tutorial (visualboo's list didn't have anything I think relates to this). Any examples would be great (3dsmax 4.2) =)
Here are some links to sites with pictures of easels like her's:
Link One (http://www.dickblick.com/zz515/21/products.asp?param=0&ig_id=5515)
Link Two (http://store1.yimg.com/I/pearl_1700_20106226)
Thanks in advance, all!
-Aaron.