flip skinned character by X

Tosyk

in 3ds max
Is it possible to easy "flip" skinned character by X and "rebuild" it so it can be normaly used for animation?
I'm afraid that simple Mirror function might broke every aspect of the character.

poopipe

It'll probably render OK in max but it's highly likely it'll explode if you try to put it in a game.

There are ways to do what you want without rebuilding the rig and reskinning manually but it's one of those situations where if you have to ask how you probably shouldn't try it.

Mark Dygert

The big question is, what is the rig? Is it CAT, Biped or some homebrew rig? 

Tosyk

thanks for answers guys!
yes, I would like to use it for mod the game. the question is always bothers me and I never had a strong solution for it.
the rig is not CAT/Biped, it's just a bones and most of the time is just "helpers" instead of real bones

poopipe

if the character mesh is largely symmetrical you could flip it and skinwrap it to the original - wouldn't be a lot of work to tidy up. 

Tosyk

yeah but how about skeleton? all the axis will be inverted or...?

poopipe

If you flip the skeleton it'll all go horribly wrong. 

Animation mirroring is tricky - to do it properly  you need to do a load of matrix maths so it's not something to be taken lightly.  You may be able to cheat by flipping the rig in max and constraining a new rig to it. 

It'd probably help if you posted a picture of the rig/mesh and explain exactly what you want to do with it

Tosyk

I just want to be able to take any model and get it flipped. smooth and easy