3ds Max - Quadrupeds and CAT bones

hooblegooblin · Apr 2014

I'm working on rigging a mechanical quadruped using CAT bones. The rear "knee" joints face backwards in relation to the CAT parent. Is there a way to mirror CAT bones from front to back, or distribute them radially around the pelvis at certain intervals? I only know about left/right mirroring with bones.

Image of rig in progress: http://i.imgur.com/UPxS0LD.jpg

kurt_hectic · Apr 2014

hmmm and standard max 'angle snap toggle' doesn't work at this stage?

I made a test and it works just fine:
1. create a cat base
2.create a pelvis
3.add leg
4. now you can even copy\paste leg you have set up and use max standard tools to keep angles. Like 'angle snap toggle' from top menu.

I was able to "model" the rig like standard box model.
+ It's pretty easy to set up 4 legs, right?

3ds Max - Quadrupeds and CAT bones

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