Generi-Like Rig

#1

HI Guys,

I am new to LIghtwave and I would like to know if somebody knows a tutorial to do a rig like Generi for Maya, which you can select the bones by clicking on some shapes.

Any help would be appreciated.

http://andrewsilke.com/generi_rig/generi_rig.html

Thank you,

Carlos

#2

ahh…like a GUI picker…there great. I’ve got one in Maya too from Jason Ryan Animation. I haven’t seen anything like this yet for rigs with in LW. But in the mean time here is a link to some great rigs to play with: http://www.spinquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458&highlight=animation+mentor

Check some of the later pages, they were relinked. If you still can’t get them PM me and I’ll send them to you. :wink:

#3

Thank you for the link Larry. I will check what can I found there.

#4

For the GUI part, you may want to take a look to Character Picker from Jacobo Barreiro though I haven’t tried with last LW version, there are others character pickers too (commercial options).

Gerardo

#5

I’m assuming you’re talking about control objects. If so, then yes, but they’re not created using curves although i’m sure you could. Instead, create a null, and in the geo tab there should be something like null shape or something, you can choose between several different shapes and colors(active and unactive). I haven’t touched lw for about 3 years though so I could be wrong.

#6

You can make/model whatever control object you want.
There’s a Lscript in the manual that converts any model into a nullobject.
So it doesn’t render.
On Flay.com there’s even a collection of Control objects in some plug I think.

#7

Maestro also uses a custom GUI for selecting and moving rigs, highly recommended for rigging.

#8

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