Character Studio Get Funky

Thurban

Hey gang!
I need some expert 3DS Max help

I'm working with a character studio biped that was supplied to me and I'm noticing some strange things. I'm using planted keys for a lot of the foot work and when you do a planted key, you get a red marker that will show where the foot will pivot from.



so here's the thing -
on the image above you can see the pivot marker at the center of the ankle for that foot, while on the other foot it's at the tip of the toe.



Any thoughts as to why that is, and how or if it can be changed would be really helpful.

e_x

Select a foot, then go into the "Key Info" rollout and then expand the "IK" section of it. Click the "Select Pivot" button and you'll notice a bunch of blue dots appear in the foot. Each of these are pivot points you can select and use.

Its good to keep the pivot the same through the animation as well. You'll get better curves that way.

Spark

Thurban, I think you should move this over to pimping and previews rather than in the general discussion. Or to 2d and 3d discussion as I'm sure you would get more hits on how you can fix this.

Spark

Thurban

ah sweet!

hmmm it appears to be grayed out and the select pivot button is unclickable, any thoughts?

Rob Galanakis

There needs to be a key to select your pivot.