Life Forms & 3D Studio Max User Guide Installing the 3D Studio …

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Life Forms & 3D Studio Max
User Guide
Installing the 3D Studio plug-ins
Plug-ins for importing and exporting 3DS files are automatically installedwith Life
Forms. However, if you need to update your plug-ins or if you have removed the
required plug-ins, you must install the 3DS plug-ins again.
To install plug-ins
?Put the 3DS plug-ins files, 3ds.in.dll and 3ds.out.dll, in the Plug-in folder in
the Life Forms program folder.
Building Models for Animation
Life Forms only animates segmented models.When you build a model that will be
animated, consider how it is going to move. This helps you to determine how many
segments the models should have and where the pivot points of each segment
should be.
There are no restrictions to the model’s zero-angle position (the position where all
joints have no rotation values.) Life Forms can animate and apply motion to models
with any zero-angle positions. However, when building a segmented model ensure
that:
?joint names are unique.
?joint names have no spaces or special characters….