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example, the thigh) must be specified. By defining
the two chains to compare, 3ds Max can adjust the
resulting rotations such that the feet don’t slide.
When a character’s limbs are not symmetrical,
you can also use these controls to keep rotations
proportional. First, highlight the current child (for
example, a foot or toe) in the Retargetable Nodes
list.TurnonEnabled,andthenusethedrop-down
list to choose the upper parent (for example, the
thigh) of the limb you are retargeting. Finally, click
Set.
Enabled—Turn on to enable retargeting extents.
Default=off.
Par ent Node—Choose t he cu rrent upper p arent of
the limb you are retargeting. This drop-down list
is restricted to parents of the currently highlighted
current object.
Get—Click to set controls in the Scale, Derive
Scale Between Chains, and FK Retargeting
Extentsgroupsbasedonthecurrentlyhighlighted
mapping in t he list.
If multiple mappings are selected, Get fetches the
first high lighted mapping in the list.
Set—ClicktoapplythecurrentScaleFactortothe
mappings that are currently highlighted in the list.
Cle ar —Click to clear retargeting values from the
mappings that are currently highlighted in the list.
Impor t
File menu > Import
Import loads or merges geometry files that are not
3ds Max scene files. See the following procedure
for a complete list of file types you can import.
Procedure
To import a file:
1.
Choose File menu > Import.
2. Choose an import file type from the Files Of
Typelistinthefileselectordialog.Toseemore
thanonefiletypeatatime,choosetheAllFiles
file t ype.
• 3D Studio Mesh (3DS) (page 3–530)
• 3D Studio Project (PRJ) (page 3–531)
• 3D Studio Shape (SHP) (page 3–533)
• Adobe Illustrator (AI) (page 3–533)
• AutoCAD (DWG) (page 3–536)
• AutoCAD (DXF) (page 3–551)
• Autodesk Inventor (IPT, IAM) (page 3–552)
• Initial Graphics Exchange Standard (IGES)
(page 3–560)
• FiLMBOX (FBX) (page 3–558)
• LandXML /DEM /DDF (DEM, XML, DDF)
(page 3–571)
• Lightscape Solution (LS), Lightscape
Prepar a tion (LP), and Lightscape View (VW)
(page 3–573)
• Motion Analysis Hierarchical
Translation-Rotation (HTR) (page
3–576)
• Motion Analysis TRC (TRC) (page 3–577)
• Stereolithography (STL) (page 3–586)
• VRML (WRL, WRZ) (page 3–591)
• VIZ Material XML Import (XML)
Note: This applies the imported material
directly to selected objects. See Material
XML Exporter Utility (page 2–1407) for
information on creating this file type.
3. Select a file to import.