March 2006
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 55m
English
Content preview from 3ds Max Animation with Biped
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Exercise 5.6. Backflip
In this exercise, you’ll make the biped do a backflip.
1. | Load the file ArmsUp.max from the CD, and play the animation.
This scene contains a jumping biped.
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2. | Select any biped part. On the Motion panel, click the 
Body Rotation button.
This selects the COM and displays the COM rotation keys on the trackbar.
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3. | Turn on the 
Selection Lock Toggle.
This ensures that you will rotate the COM and not some other object by mistake.
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4. | Turn on the
Key Mode Toggle, and use
Next Key to go from one keyframe to the next. Notice that ... |