muscle simulation?

[Br0nZiLLa]

I believe there is a way to construct muscles in MAYA, only how to do that, I dont know.
Ive read a tutorials about it, so thats how I base my answer.

[MadS]

This tutorial shows you the concept behind it. It's up to the artist to model correct muscles, placement, and deformation.
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/wrapskin/

If you don't want to do it this way, you can wait for Absolute Character Tools to come out for Maya.
http://www.cgcharacter.com

[Lyr]

Maya has no native muscle system however it has everything you need to make one. Currently I am working to implement the fusiform muscle model outlined in this paper:

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~dbrogan/CS551.851.animation.sp.2000/Papers/scheepers.pdf

Not terribly difficult to understand or implement but you will definately need to know MEL. Generating a surface over these muscles after they are created is whole seperate topic.

[xlong]

Do you know of a way to get biped info [animation] onto bones?

Be it bones in Maya? who are have you?

[null]

thanks mads, that's pretty much what i meant =)

Lyr: the skin texture would have to be a displacement map, right?
actually, i'm a MEL inadept. i use XSI, but since the price cuts, dunno, looks to me that maya will be even better spread than before.

[Lyr]

Originally posted by null
thanks mads, that's pretty much what i meant =)

Lyr: the skin texture would have to be a displacement map, right?



No. Skin texture would be done however you normally do it.

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