how to creat the bendy Arm and elbow locking setup

[Polimeno]

bendyarm (http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/bendy_limbs) by phoelix (http://www.joleanes.com)

elbow locking researchs:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=54&t=765128
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=54&t=521963&highlight=pin+elbow

[katzrig]

hi polimeno....

i want to maya tutorials not 3dmax tutorials.beacuse i m working in maya....

[anoopak]

hi there,
you can check this link for getting idea about how to setup a bendy arm setup.http://www.duncandonuts.co.uk/bendyarm.html
For elbow locking tutorial you can get hold of Animator friendly rigging dvd from jason shleifer

[katzrig]

everyone.....

i have no idea in auto clavicle. plz send me step by step file .PDF... how can do it.

[katzrig]

hi anoopak.....

thankx dude, u give good link and i propar do it.

[katzrig]

hi.. anoopak

i have some problem in bendy Arm because i create joint setup after that my shoulder joint to elbow joint distance is different and elbow joint to wrist distance is different. so what can i do...

[wamo]

Auto Clavicle is easy to do, You need aim constraint your Clavicle Bone to a few controls in your arm chain rig, in the case it might be Elbow and Hand, then it automatically will look at them and once you move your hand controller around, it should work fine, you can also limit it into the correct rotations by connecting or driven keys, also you might need control over the value that is also possible to that using connecting too.

[katzrig]

hi every one...

anyone u have all the scripts of Animation friendly rigging and Do you have so plz give me particular this script "jsCreatTwisty SegmentUI". otherwise send me link i download it.

[katzrig]

hi everyone...


how can possible manual this thing not using script(plz urgently help me)

kneelocking and elbowlocking....

plz reply me step by step...

[Darksuit]

you might be able to do thee claculations without script. Which is pretty much laid out for you by Polimeno's links to the topic. It even discusses different knee and thigh bone lengths.

The tutorial link to the area site is good, since it lets me know who the same thing is accomplished in another package. I can generally recreate the effect in Maya.

If your having trouble with scripting it may be an indicator to slow down and re-evaluate why you need to do something on a given rig. There is also always more than one solution. If the whole point is just to have a stretchy arm or leg you can certain use a number of the tutorials out ther for that. If the goal is to get a flexable arm more cartoon like you can certainly use the IK spline setup.

While the project may be urgent, if you rush through the thought process it has the very high chance to make your project longer. Understand what the end result needs to be. Describe it in as many words as you need.

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