March 2006
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 55m
English
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Exercise 3.1. Associating Biped and Mesh
In this exercise, you’ll associate a biped and its fitted mesh, and then check the envelopes for correct size and orientation.
1. | Load the file Rabbit_start_skin.max from the CD. Here you can see a rabbit mesh in the typical DaVinci pose, with arms spread out horizontally away from the sides of the body and feet slightly apart as well.
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2. | Select the mesh then right-click and choose Properties to open the Object Properties dialog. In the Display Properties group, turn on See-Through and then click OK.
Now the mesh is transparent. The biped is still hidden.
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3. | Right-click again and choose Unhide All from the right-click quad menu.
Now you can see the biped within the rabbit mesh.
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4. | Select any part of ... |