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Majoh β Mandi's 3dsmax Biped Tutorial
Published: 2005-12-17 17:27:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 114721; Favourites: 359; Downloads: 7771
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This tutorial will show you how to add 3ds max's Biped system into your 3d character model. Once completed, you'll be able to animate and pose your character however you like!If you have any questions or suggestions, please ask below!
Enjoy the tutorial!
NOTE!!! If you can't copy a pose from one side of the biped because the button is greyed out, read THIS!
I made this tutorial in an older version of max (probably 7) that did not require this step.
Above the copy pose button is a yellow "new" button. You must press that first to create a new set of poses in order to copy poses to the set. Doing that step first will let you copy poses on your biped and continue the tutorial as shown.
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Is there any other custom made biped like if you were to do a mermaid or like a bird, or would you have to do costum bones for that?
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Super helpful! I learned more in biped rigging and envelope weighting in this tutorial than I did in college
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Awesome guide! Finally managed to animate something 
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Hi there i need help badly, ive created a mesh and im trying to rig her with a biped but everything i do just doesnt seem to work. I followed tutorials on youtube, and now ive just come across yours and still having the same problem.. I'm not sure what it is if its the mesh or if im missing something but ive made sure to do every step and still no result.. when i say no result i mean as in the biped and mesh dont become one so that i can move it around 
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For all who struggle with the ''Attach node'' -> to -> ''Pick object'' pop up, this is what you do. After you click on the little man (''Attach Node'') you directly click on Edit -> Select by -> name -> Bip001 Pelvis, and then you can go on where you left!
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After clicking ''attach note'' there is no ''pick object'' pop up... what to do?
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Thanks for the tutorial. Just recently got the Student version of Max and hope to make good use of it for my hobbies.
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Thanks for the updated bit! It would have buggered me all day
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Thnx for tutorial ( though i am 7 years late in replying)
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I'm using 3ds max 2011, but I still can't copy pose, the button is greyed out
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I am using 2012 version , I had your same problem an hour ago..the reason is you haven't created a collection yet, so the button won't be available until you create a collection first
Select any bone of your Biped > go to Motion panel > Parameters tap > Copy/Paste > .. then press the button which looks like a small sun .. now you have your collection you can copy/past pose, postures, or tracks;
--enjoy
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umm just a question: i'm trying to make it high poly but it's not really working good can give me something helpful?
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Thanks for this tutorial, it's very good clear and useful.
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I was looking for Biped animation,now I got that ,I should say thanks,thank you.
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Awesome. Model is nice too, reminds me of something out of Timesplitters for some reason.
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is there a way to make changes on biped? like a centaur biped? is there a way to create some "biped parts"?
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This is great! I keep having to come back and refresh my knowledge on this and this is more on point than the Youtube tutes. Much thanks!
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YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOUR TIP ON TWEAKING THE FACE AND POPPING IT INTO PLACE HELPED ME!
I THANK YOU SO MUCH!
YOU HAVE MADE MY TASK WORLDS EASIER!
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The tut is great, but why are her highs thicker than the head, and why are the legs in general that muscular while the arms look like wimpy twigs that are about to break?
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Glad you enjoyed the tutorial. That's just the way I made her!
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Hey majo, Thx to add the tutorial to the gruop, is a great tutorial
Congrats and regards
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i noticed you used scale
i though scaling was an animating/rigging no no
when ive done it (with bones and linked objects at least) i get retarded warping
cant you modify pivot point under hierachy tab or something?
im probably completely wrong, im a bit of a rigging noob
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Good tutorial....but the pick objekt window doesnΒ΄t open...what can i do?
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ah, thank you so much for this! I'm on a class deadline and I couldn't figure out why on earth I couldn't copy the pose and it would have taken me forever to redo the other side.
Awesome tutorial! It really helped me!
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Very nice tutorial. It covers the major nuances of a good rigging, in a simple and understandable fashion. Keep it up!
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bloody fantastic tutorial there, thanks very much for posting this info! I came across this searching for biped tutorials on google, I'll be honest all the other ones I found on other sites are just crap and expected you to know what buttons to press. You're tutorial is not only indepth but straight to the point, well done. Because of this I have fully rigged a character I made in 3DSMax for my uni project using your tutorial in just under an hour with very limited prior experience. Thanks alot!
One thing I like to point out is your tutorial didn't mention about changing the number of fingers to 5 (Default in Max was 1). not too much of a biggie though
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wow lady...you good...looking for more tuts on 3ds max...thank you..
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I am currently learning how to rig character models with bipeds myself. I am currently up to Step 13. I'll be sure to visit and check your tutorial every now and again. Thank you for the knowledge!
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One of the most helpful tutorials I've seen, thank you!
I'm a noob to animating so I used your tutorial and then exported in .fbx and uploaded to www.Mixamo.com. I found it on gamasutra...The site retargets animation automatically (which is great because I haven't learned that part yet!). So I'm learning keyframing quick and dirty by playing with their animation but I would imagine it could be useful for the rest of you guys too (noob or not).
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I have a problem with step 13.
I don't get a pick object pop up in my max, so I'm stuck.
So what can I do now?
I selected the skin, physique and the attach button, but nothing happens
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This is awesome, I will definitly be using this at some point, thanks.
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Haha! the usefullness! ^_^
i dont have time right now to read it all, i've got work T_T really well detailed what i've read so far 
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Sweet. Best, or is that ONLY, tutorial I've found that uses the built-in biped and works for beginners. Thanks a lot, got my character rigged a bit too!
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With this I should able pose the character in any way, without editing the envelope again, is it?
Anyway, I never use weight before. nut with this I might try one.
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probably the most useful tutorial i've managed to find on the web.
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is there a way to get the hips to turn on the x axis with the biped?
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Isn't there any method of manually attaching the vertices to a bone? The envelope method doesn't really work with my model...
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Dear i have a problem in the step 13, when i click the buttom Attach to node, Dont open me any window, what can be?
Thanks
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I've been trying to mod a game I have using a combination of Blender (which I'm kind of familiar with) and Max (which I'm not familiar with at all), and this tutorial has proved indispensable. Thank you very much.
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You're very welcome! I love hearing from people who find it useful. Thanks
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can you have multiple objects connected to the same biped? like have the leg be one mesh object and the arm be another. and not one huge mesh?
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thank you my teacher wasnt be verry helpfull but this helps out alot thanks
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omg finally!! A tutorial the actually EXPLAINS how to do this! You rock!
I'm totally going to watch you now.
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really good tutorial, really usefull, thank you
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