3ds Max Animation :: Import File To Controller Or Track?
Aug 5, 2013
I have a CSV file with lists of positions and rotation angles (over time). I would like to use these to animate objects. The two options I've found thus far are:
- Convert the CSV to the XAF format and import this into the curve editor
- Convert the CSV to WAV and use the AudioFloat controller to assign it to the coordinates
I would think there should be an easier way, preferably one for a controller, but I can't seem to find it. Surely I'm not the first to want to import data; frankly I'm surprised that audio is supported but regular data isn't. The thing is, converting the data to XAF seems to produce an enormous overhead and converting it to WAV is just odd.
What would the appropriate way be? Ideally I'd expect some controller where I can specify a file and some conversion parameters and that'd be it. Does such a thing exist? I'm happy to convert the CSV but I feel like it's probably not necessary - is it?
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Oct 21, 2012
I'm working on a controller for a face rig, but instead of using morphers I'm using different textures for the mouth depending on the action. I've set these up in nested mix maps (there are 8 different textures in all). For my test I'm using 4 and standard primitives to simplify things a bit.
I initially setup these controls in an attribute holder containing 3 sliders. The main one is a master switch slider. The other two act as the mix map sliders within the texture nest of mix maps. I'd like to create a single control for these though.
I can pseudocode this out pretty easily but applying it is a different story. What is the best course of action? I'm not very familiar with Maxscript although I am planning on looking into it.
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Jan 3, 2012
How or have a script to bake Audio Controller animation to frames so its position/rotation can be adjusted by i.e the Curve Editor in 3ds Max?
I have an spline object where I use the Audio Controller to drive the height of the extrusion dynamically over time but would love to have more control over it.
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Jun 29, 2012
I made a simple image explanation.
1. I have an ARROW that I would only like to animate along the Local X position.
2. I have a helper that i would like to control the rotation of the ARROW.
3. Once i rotate the helper, i would like the ARROW to still go in the Local X position but in the direction its facing.
Does this require a script or can this be achieved another way?
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Mar 6, 2013
I just got done installing the Corel Videostudio Pro x6, I am trying to import my own personal music-audio file into the music track, however when I do the system crashes or another way of saying it, a window pops open saying Corel has stop working. This same problem happen with the x5 Pro version. I notice that the pre-loaded audio files in Corel are files of MPEG-1...do I need to convert my MP3s into MPEG-1 in order for this to work?
I have a few converting tools but none of them can convert MP3s into MPEG-1..
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Feb 24, 2011
"Scripting" a "simple" rigging function.
Gear1 is rotating on z axis (both sides), Gear2 is linked to G1, but only in positive (or negative, I don't remember).
I want to assign a controller on gear2.Z Rotation (script or expression), something like that :
if G1.Z Rotation=positive then G2.Z Rotation=G1.Z Rotation else 0
or
if G1.Z Rotation=negative then G2.Z Rotation=G1.Z Rotation else 0
I need to setup a 80 moving parts watch, so I need to use "Assign Controller" function.
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Nov 30, 2013
So im using 3ds max to create a controller that hold more than 1 hand pose: fist, relaxed, stretched, etc. But when i making my 2nd pose and placing the same axis as the first pose, it overwrites it. So like this i can only use the 2nd one, instead of both.
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Nov 28, 2011
I try to wire the length parameter of a taper object to the local Y-Position values of another object. It works fine until I reload the file. I get an MAXScript Wire Controller Exception error:
--Runtime error: Illegal self-reference in controller script
...and the parameter-wire dialog opens. The desired functionality returns by clicking the Update Button and everything works fine again.
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Sep 23, 2012
I am using the FBX Plugin to import an fbx file (created in Motion Builder) into 3ds Max. When I play the animation in Motion Builder under the perspective projection, it looks perfectly natural (I see a character performing some actions on her two feet). However, in 3ds Max, the character seems to be rotating about her axis. I would like to view this file so that it looks the same as it does in Motion Builder. Any tips on how I might do this? If I could do it with the Plugin, that would be preferable (since I am scripting this process with Max Script).
Here are some (possibly) relevant specifics:
- There are seven cameras in Motion Builder (Producer Perspective, Produce Front, ..., Producer Bottom).
- When I import into 3ds Max, I check the Include->Cameras checkbox.
- Once imported, I've tried Perspective, Orthographic, Top, Front, Back, etc.
- When I export the file as a .dae file and view it using a Collada loader, I see the same type of animation (rotated about its axis).
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Feb 11, 2011
Is there a way to get the position parameters for a Biped COM to play with in Track View? All I get are the rotation parameters.
If that's not possible I'd like to know a way to manipulate the animation between 2 keyframes. The TCB parameters don't seem to be working for this.
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Aug 1, 2013
This is beyond CAD; but I figure it wouldn't hurt to ask. Can Inventor track a part in an animation and plot the resulting path? This cycloid is a good example (the red curve):
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Jan 28, 2012
When cutting video shots in sync with a music track how can I remove part of a clip and replace with a new shot. I know there is a replace clip facility but there appears to be no way of editing the new clip. What I would like to do is leave blanks in sync with the music and fill in correct length of shot later. The same question for overlaying video shots of an interview and holding sync when returning to interviewee.
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Dec 9, 2013
In VideoStudio 6, how does one connect the voice track to the video during the editing process?
My specific issue is that I have to go back and edit material sometimes that precedes the voice track I already have laid down, but when the time frame of the material after my new edit I have to go back and drag the voice track to the proper location. I would like to be able to permanently "attach" the voice track to the specific video clip and have it follow that clip as it is moved, time wise, during the editing process.
Is there a means to make this happen?
PS - I realize there is a work around way - just publish each clip and then rebuild the final project but that is NOT what I want to do.
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Jan 17, 2012
I see that you can split the audio from the video. Can you do the reverse and link the audio back into the video say after you split, cut and mute an off camera scream? It would just make it easier to add clips before the edited one, although it's not all that hard to sync things up.
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Feb 20, 2014
Or can I? "Link" is greyed out
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Feb 17, 2011
I have rigged a character and made it into a character set in which i have locked the scaling attribute , I have then saved this file. I have then referenced this file and and have done a walk cycle animation and saved this file. I have then realised that I needed the scaling attribute when I have added other parts of my scene. Is there a way to unlock the scaling attribute in my walk cycle animation file or will i have to go back and change it in the rigged file, create a new character set and do the walk cycle animation again?
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May 13, 2013
I have split the audio from the video track and I am now trying to "lift" a copy to put through a sound editor. I then intend to replace the original audio track. (or to put on audio track 2 and mute 1). I haven't as yet found a way to lift the audio track and load into a separate file.
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Nov 14, 2013
I am wondering if there is any way to extract the titles in the title track to a text file? The Project Files don't seem to have the titles incorporated in them.
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Aug 15, 2011
I'm curious how many of you use note track in the track view/dope sheet? It is running damn slow here, 15sec to add a note track, 30sec adding a note in dopesheet and 1 mins before I could open up the note editor. I doubt it is being useful at all.
Moreover, the infamous Max MotionClip Manager bugs is caused by that... so do you really use it?
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Feb 16, 2011
Is there any way to push the video in the video track after the title track is completed ....
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Jan 11, 2012
If there is anyway to control a waveform controller to only turn on for a certain amount of frames?
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Jun 20, 2013
Recently, with the release of the next gen consoles, I decided as a challenge to myself to try to recreate the Xbox One controller in photoshop
Here is what i have done until now.
Here is the exact image I am trying to recreate. URL...
Now the thing that I don't know how to do correctly are two things:The first being how to make the bumps around the two joysticks And second, the general lighting on the controller.
Also, ignore the 2 buttons in the middle and the gray part where the logo sits (not finished work)
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Apr 4, 2013
Is there a way to have one node which controls say the intensity of selected lights within my scene?
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Aug 1, 2011
I want to make a controller that can change an object from green to red. So I wire the parameters from y position to the ambient colour.
I find to make the y_position into (y_position/100),(y_position/100),(y_position/100) but when I put this into the Parameter wiring dialogue I get a syntax error.
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Mar 12, 2013
i've got a seemingly empty scene, everything has been deleted, still max reports a missing reference to a xref controller somewhere, backburner will not accept net submission.
i've looked everywhere i can think of and the only place i can find a reference to the hidden xref controller is in the asset manager where it lists a file in the xref tree - how on earth do i get rid of this file? there is nothing present in the xref dialog for deleting or anywhere else i can think of.
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Oct 28, 2011
I have been annoyed with trying to create a theme and controller image to use with Xpadder.
Rules: Controller image and theme must be made to fit together and must be created the same size as the images belowthey must be seperate pictures and the buttons should have places to go.
This probably means very little sense to you if you dont have xpadder, and possibly learn a little bit more about xpadder in order to make the theme and controller image. Also xpadder does not support transparency.The template for a theme and an image of my controller (it has four trigger buttons, 2 on each side)
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Dec 5, 2013
I have max 2014 and the issue i'm encountering is using the merge import. When doing the merge everything goes smooth except the actual merged file I downloaded and installed the service pack but it's still not working. All i'm trying to merge is my eyeball file that's already set up with sliders and constraints.
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Apr 3, 2012
I'd like to animate a clothes peg - open & closing symmetrically. The model has been imported from Inventor but the whole reference & constraining environment is so different. The clothes pegs clip together & I want to show this in the animation.(youtube link below made using Showcase)
My best guess so far: create a dummy within a local environment & untick x & y rotations, place at 0,0,0 create a bone from 0,0,0 & link to the dummy move half the peg to 0,0,0 & link to the dummy.
Copy - rotate to form the opposite half - move to 0,0,0
Now I'm stuck - I want both halves to share a common pivot axis & open & close symmetrically. Next is to copy this working pair & move it to clamp to an independent copy.
Search youtube for PegoAC to see what I've done so far using Inventor & Showcase.
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Jul 1, 2013
AutoCAD 2009 LT
windows 7 Pro, 64 bit
Vantec 6 port Sata ii 150 PCI Host card w/ raid
Crucial 128gb SSD hard drive
I'm not running the system in RAID.
I'm having issues with a Sata card I installed on one machine. It's losing a hard drive from time to time and I have to unplug the Sata cables and plug them back in so the computer will boot up and function like normal. The only problem is that it casues an activation issue with AutoCAD. Now I've reached the reactivation limit for CAD.
Can I manually enter something into the registry to correct the activation issue? All drivers are up to date and I've reinstalled the driver for the controller card.
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Oct 11, 2013
When I open a file on Inventor 2014, the screen says, that the graphic card controller crashes, after that, there´s no possibility to recover the work, because the work zone, shows a infinite white space.
This is the print screen (in spanish); translation will be like: "Screen controller stop working but it recover itself (something like that)"
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Mar 10, 2013
Is there any way to get a sequence of frames into Photoshop and have the layer visibility set up to play straight away ?
What I mean is, I'm using Bridge to import ....Tools > Photoshop > Load Files into Photoshop layers, and was wondering if the frame visibility could be automatically set to play the animation.
Currently all the layers come in visible and I have to "Alt" click the layer visibility in each frame....can be a pita with large animations. It would be cool if I imported frames 1 to 50 and PS set them up to play in order as imported.
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