Exercise 4.3. Walking in Circles

The Bend and Scale parameters provide a quick and easy way to move and rotate footsteps. In this exercise you’ll practice using these two parameters.

1.
Open the file Walk_in_circles.max from the CD.
2.
Select any biped part and go to the Motion panel.

Note

After Bend and Scale are changed, they always reset themselves back to 0. This means Bend and Scale don’t work like modifiers—you can’t come back later and adjust an earlier bending or scaling operation.

3.
Click Footstep Mode to turn it on. Leave the gait ...

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