Getting Started with CAT Rigging Tools in 3ds Max

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Discover an alternative to the traditional character rigging workflow with the Character Animation Toolkit (CAT) for 3ds Max, which offers preset character rigs as well as custom tools for creating a rig from scratch. Author Joel Bradley demonstrates animation layers; CAT muscles, which you can use to create a skin that deforms and stretches realistically as your character moves; and the forward/inverse kinematics workflow. The final chapter puts all these features into motion, as you apply the tools to a full character rig with secondary bones and perform a stress test animation.

Topics include:

What is CAT?

Using and editing preset rigs

Repositioning bone pivots

Using CAT control gizmos

Working with spines

Adding limbs to a character

Working with adjustment and motion layers

Animating with the foot pivot system

Building a start-to-finish rig with CAT