2012
Digital Tutors
Delano Athias
3 hrs. 21 min.
English
In this 3ds Max tutorial we will learn how to rig a wing. We’ll first take a look at reference and go over some things to think about when constructing the control rig. From there, we will move right into rigging the wing, step by step, making sure the system we build will be sufficient to an animator’s needs. We’ll also learn how to customize Max's interface to access tools faster and build a few MaxScript tools which will also help us work more efficiently. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge you need to rig animation-friendly wings!
1. Introduction and project overview
2. Studying the reference
3. Settings up the scene
4. Building the wing's bone system
5. Adding the feather bones
6. Linking the wing skeleton together
7. Enveloping the wing
8. Enveloping the feathers
9. The primary wing controls
10. Connecting the wing's skeleton to our primary controls
11. Creating secondary wing controls
12. Connecting the secondary wing bones to their controls
13. Starting on our feather control system
14. Our first level of feather-fanning control
15. Creating controls to collectively fan the feathers
16. Completing our second level of fanning control
17. Building a flexible feather rig
18. Splines for our feather bone chains
19. Connecting Spline IK systems to our feathers
20. Building a simple renaming tool
21. Twisting the feathers
22. Rigging the feathers separately
23. Making the rig scalable
24. Bending the feathers collectively
25. Finishing our collective feather-bending rig
26. Edting the envelope of the feathers
27. Automating the wing fold
28. Continuning the auto wing-fold rig
29. Finalizing the wing rig
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