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Procedures

Most of these procedures appear elsewhere in this Online Reference, embedded in their associated topics. Here they are ordered in a logical progression.

Using Biped and Physique

Creating or deleting a biped

To create a biped

To delete a biped

Naming the biped and creating a named selection

To name the biped

To create a named selection for the biped center of mass

Loading a biped motion file and seeing the biped in motion

To load a biped motion file

To preview biped motion using 3DS MAX

To preview biped motion using Biped controls

Fitting the biped to a mesh, then attaching the mesh to the biped using Physique or linking (to see your own character in motion)

To create and fit a biped to a mesh for use with Physique in Figure mode

To link a mechanical character to the biped (without Physique)

To fit biped legs to the skin

To fit the spine to the skin torso

To fit biped arms to the skin

To use Rubber Band to position the elbows and knees

To save a biped Figure file

To load a biped Figure file

To attach a mesh to a biped using Physique

To attach a mesh to a 3DS MAX bones hierarchy using Physique

Adjusting skin behavior with Physique parameters (once the mesh is attached to the biped with Physique)

To adjust envelopes around the biped's pelvis with Physique

Animating the biped in freeform: set all the biped center of mass and limb keys

To start a freeform animation

To prevent sliding feet in a freeform animation

To put the biped legs into world space

To reposition a biped with freeform animation

Using Custom Keys

To set a pivot point for a hand or foot rotation

To use pivots

To set keys that define animatable IK attachments

Animating the biped using the footstep approach: get a head start by generating a walk, run or jump

To create multiple footsteps

To walk up stairs

To walk down stairs

To walk in place

To walk backwards

To create footsteps manually beginning at the current frame

To append footsteps onto the existing footsteps

To make the biped speed up as it walks

To activate footsteps

To deactivate footsteps

To enable foot motion on a footstep

Editing footsteps in space and time

To move footsteps

To rotate footsteps

To bend the footsteps' path

To delete footsteps

To move footsteps in the time

To change the duration of a footstep

To select a footstep

To select multiple footsteps

To scale the stride length and/or width

To create a "high step" type walk from a default biped walk cycle using Set Multiple Keys

To make the biped stand still after a walk period (footstep animation)

To make the biped walk on a moving object in your scene

To display footsteps

To save footstep data

To load footstep data

To save biped motion file (.bip)

To edit the footstep buffer before you insert its contents by splicing

Splicing footsteps

To edit the footstep buffer before you insert it by splicing

To splice biped motion

Separating tracks and editing biped keyframes (keys)

To create separate tracks for biped arms

To use In Place mode to adjust keyframes

To locate vertical center of mass keys

To set a body vertical key

To set a body rotation key

To change TCB for a biped arm

To make a global posture change to the biped

To change vertical dynamics for multiple center of mass keys in Track View

To set a body horizontal key

To use Symmetrical Tracks

To use Opposite Tracks

To turn on Spline Dynamics for newly created keys

To copy keys between bipeds

To link the biped hand to an object using Object Space Object

To use Adapt Locks to prevent keyframe adaptation

To bend the horizontal center of mass track

To edit keys on the Center of Mass trajectory

To copy and paste an entire biped track

To switch the left and right arm tracks

Key editing in Track View

To clone biped keys in Track View

To create a freeform period

To copy keys in the left arm track to the right arm track

Optimizing raw motion capture data before using Motion Flow Mode to cut motions together

To import a motion capture file

To use Fit to Existing to import a motion capture file

To use Convert From Buffer

To compare raw and filtered trajectories

To use Show Buffer

Motion Flow mode

To create clips in the Motion Flow Graph

To create a script

To create a manual transition between two clips

To load a MFE file

To share a motion flow among multiple bipeds

To create a random script for one biped.

To load scripts and create optimized transitions

To move footsteps to line up clips

To use the Optimize Transition Range dialog

Physique

To add a bone after Attach to Node is used

To troubleshoot bulges and tendons

To select cross sections in the inner or outer bounds

To copy an envelope and its settings to the mirrored link

To copy all bulge angles for one link to its opposite

To use Select Nearest Bulge Angle

To remove a links influence on vertices

To check vertex assignments

To remove deformable vertices from a link's influence

To assign deformable blended vertices manually

To override vertex assignments manually

To make vertices rigid

To have a spline influence a mesh

Finishing your character by bulging the mesh at appropriate biped limb angles in the Bulge Editor and at the Bulge sub-object level

To create a new bulge angle using the bulge editor

To create a new bulge angle on a selected link

To add a cross section

To change the shape of a cross section

To make a cross section the active cross section

To choose a specific bulge angle for editing

To change a bulge angle value

To select multiple cross sections

To move cross sections along the link

To copy and paste cross sections

To change the Profile view orientation

To delete a bulge angle

To delete a cross section

Using Physique Links and Tendons sub-objects

To adjust joint intersection parameters

To create and attach a tendon

To attach a tendon to another link

To delete a tendon

Saving and reusing Physique information

To save Physique data

To load Physique data

Using Figure mode

To adjust the biped center of mass with Rubber Band

To scale a biped and a Physique mesh, using Height on the Structure rollout

Miscellaneous

To create bounding boxes on a non-biped hierarchy

To disable the Non-Uniform Scale warning

To scale a biped and mesh attached with Physique

To play a sample animation

To apply Physique to an FFD to animate the entire mesh

To use an FFD to complement the effects of Physique on a portion of a character mesh

To use facial animation with character studio

To make compressible bones

To add a bone after Physique is applied using Reinitialize

To add a bone after Physique is applied using Add (Add Bone)

Using Custom Keys

To activate an anchor

Using the Crowd System

Using a delegate helper object

To add a delegate object

To link objects and delegates

Using the crowd helper object

To add a Crowd helper object

To produce multiple clones of an object

To group delegates into a team

To create a new behavior assignment

To modify an existing behavior assignment or assignments

To use Crowd and Delegate helper objects together

To use bipeds in a crowd simulation

Using behaviors

To use the Avoid behavior

To use the Orientation behavior

To use the Path Follow behavior

To use the Repel behavior

To use the Seek behavior

To use the Speed Vary behavior

To use the Surface Arrive behavior

To use the Surface Follow behavior

To use the Wall Repel behavior

To use the Wall Seek behavior

To use the Wall Seek behavior

Using cognitive controllers

To set up and use a cognitive controller

To test a modifier parameter

To test a particle system parameter

To test an atmospheric property

To test an object position

To test another delegate's behavior

To test the distance between two objects

Using vector fields

To add a Vector Field space warp

To use a Vector Field space warp

To use a Vector Field space warp with a particle system

Using clip controllers

To use the Synthesis and ClipState dialogs

See also

Biped FAQs and Procedures

Keyboard Shortcuts

Comments

3Ds Max Tutorials

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