Bones and unfolding cranes

peer · **Bones and unfolding cranes -** 21.12.2006, 21:59

Hello all,
Since Martin told us that we can post some version 4 animations, here's my first animation of a human using bones (can't tell much, but I'm a beta tester). This example was done in 20 min (including modeling). Bones setup is sooo easy. I also tried it on a simple model of a folding crane. It worked better than expected!

Regards,

Peter

Human
Unfolding Crane

Eureka! · 21.12.2006, 23:28

Hi,
That looks very nice (I like the crane better). Martin can I be a beta tester

? Who made the animation on news page on the C3D web site? I'm happy that setting up bones is easy. I was afraid it would be hard

Greg

fused · 22.12.2006, 07:40

Quote:

Who made the animation on news page on the C3D web site?

I did and there's some more linked on my website.

Andrew

Martin · 22.12.2006, 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eureka!

Martin can I be a beta tester

?

Maybe later. For the first I have enough testers.

Bye,
Martin

Martin · 22.12.2006, 15:20

Hi Peter,
so animating your crane with joints actually worked.

Really cool.

It's nice to hear that you think setting up a skeleton is easy.

And I have plans to make it even easier.

Bye,
Martin

Eureka! · 22.12.2006, 16:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin

Maybe later. For the first I have enough testers.

Bye,
Martin

I was joking. I just wanted to use bones

.

Were are they on the site (I'm sure there top notch work)

Greg

fused · 22.12.2006, 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eureka!

I was joking. I just wanted to use bones

.

Were are they on the site (I'm sure there top notch work)

Greg

They are on the front page:
-"07-12-06
Here are some animations produced with Cheetah3D, they're basic cycles but hopefully they'll help demonstrate Cheetah's abilities. Anyway, here they are: Animations."

Andrew

peer · 22.12.2006, 21:00

Hi fused, I didn't see the animations that you made until now. They look great! For a tool that is in it's beta stage it's quite advanced (as far as my experience goes). The only thing was that I had to key every bone seperately. Is there a way to key all changes by different objects in one command?

Regards,
Peter

Ps. I'll try and make some more characters (better ones). I've mostly done technical and architectural models, but never characters, I'll try to improve my skills here!!

Martin · 22.12.2006, 23:15

Hi Peter,
you just have to enable auto-keying in the timeline. Then every change of a joint will be recorded automatically.

Bye,
Martin

fused · 23.12.2006, 07:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by peer

Hi fused, I didn't see the animations that you made until now. They look great! For a tool that is in it's beta stage it's quite advanced (as far as my experience goes). The only thing was that I had to key every bone seperately. Is there a way to key all changes by different objects in one command?

Regards,
Peter

Ps. I'll try and make some more characters (better ones). I've mostly done technical and architectural models, but never characters, I'll try to improve my skills here!!

Hi Peter, glad you enjoyed my animations. I loved the example of a crane, that's a good use of bones.

Andrew

P.S. If you want to share some ideas PM me.

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peer (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Site Admin Posts: 811 Join Date: 07.04.2005 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands	Bones and unfolding cranes - 21.12.2006, 21:59 Hello all, Since Martin told us that we can post some version 4 animations, here's my first animation of a human using bones (can't tell much, but I'm a beta tester). This example was done in 20 min (including modeling). Bones setup is sooo easy. I also tried it on a simple model of a folding crane. It worked better than expected! Regards, Peter Human Unfolding Crane Mac Pro Quad 3.0 GHz 2 GB Ram, Intel dualcore iMac 2.0 GHz 1.5 GB Ram, OS X 10.6.2, Sketchup 7.1 Pro, Vectorworks 2009 Architect, CHEETAH3D 5.0.1, Photoshop CS4.

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Eureka! (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Site Admin Posts: 483 Join Date: 10.02.2006 Location: USA	21.12.2006, 23:28 Hi, That looks very nice (I like the crane better). Martin can I be a beta tester? Who made the animation on news page on the C3D web site? I'm happy that setting up bones is easy. I was afraid it would be hard Greg Last edited by Eureka! : 22.12.2006 at 00:09.

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Martin (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Site Admin Posts: 4,087 Join Date: 13.03.2005	22.12.2006, 15:20 Hi Peter, so animating your crane with joints actually worked. Really cool. It's nice to hear that you think setting up a skeleton is easy. And I have plans to make it even easier. Bye, Martin Cheetah3D - 3D modeling, rendering and animation for Mac OS X

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peer (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Site Admin Posts: 811 Join Date: 07.04.2005 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands	22.12.2006, 21:00 Hi fused, I didn't see the animations that you made until now. They look great! For a tool that is in it's beta stage it's quite advanced (as far as my experience goes). The only thing was that I had to key every bone seperately. Is there a way to key all changes by different objects in one command? Regards, Peter Ps. I'll try and make some more characters (better ones). I've mostly done technical and architectural models, but never characters, I'll try to improve my skills here!! Mac Pro Quad 3.0 GHz 2 GB Ram, Intel dualcore iMac 2.0 GHz 1.5 GB Ram, OS X 10.6.2, Sketchup 7.1 Pro, Vectorworks 2009 Architect, CHEETAH3D 5.0.1, Photoshop CS4.

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Martin (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Site Admin Posts: 4,087 Join Date: 13.03.2005	22.12.2006, 23:15 Hi Peter, you just have to enable auto-keying in the timeline. Then every change of a joint will be recorded automatically. Bye, Martin Cheetah3D - 3D modeling, rendering and animation for Mac OS X