character: Problems with Optimus Prime!!!

[Hugh]

1.- have i to do a bones system??? (i think "yes..."):eek:

Yes, you do... (well, you don't *have* to, but you will have a hard job animating without)

2.- this character is a lot of elements... this elements must be connected? into a group?:scream:

Each 'section' of the character should be one group... The bits that stay together and don't move relative to each other... So, for example, the lower leg is one group, upper leg another, etc...

3.- have i to do a skin? :buttrock:

Not for this kind of thing. I'd suggest parenting the sections (groups mentioned above) to the bones, and making sure you've got the pivot points in the right positions....

4.- when i apliccate the modifier "skin" to the character (all the elements inside a group), "Mr. 3dsmax" tell me that "one or more obfects references another" what can i do?? :drool:

As a Maya user, I can't really help you there... sorry, but I don't think you want to use skin on this model, anyway..

[Bu3D]

thanks thanks thanks thanks. i see all that better than before. i will do all that you say.

bye!!!!!

[Hugh]

cool - glad you understood what I meant.....

good luck with it!

[Chris_Wallace]

Allow me to ask this question:

For a robot like Prime, are bones really necessary? Won't a simple IK linking suffice?

Chris

[Hugh]

I'm assuming that in your program you can use IK on parented objects... AFAIK, you have to have joints to have IK in Maya.

If you can, then joints are not strictly necessary - however, the extra flexibility that they give you can be useful - being able to set joint limit information, for example...

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