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994 Chapter 14: Character Studio
3.
Click Insert Bulge Angle.
This creates a new bulge angle. The name in the
Current Bulge Angle field increments.
Note: Bydefault,onebulgeangleiscreatedby
Physique in the initial skeletal pose; the arm is
usually st raight in this pose.
4. IntheCurrentBulgeAnglefield,enteraname,
such as Arm at 90.
5. Click the Bulge Angle Color swatch and choose
a color in the color selector. This makes
ident ification easier.
Now you need to set a joint angle for the newly
created bulge angle.
6. Movethetimeslideruntilthejointisatthe
desired angle.
If the skeleton is not yet animated, you can exit
the Bulge sub-object level, rotate the skeleton’s
joint until it is at the desired angle, then return
to the Bulge sub-object level.
7. Click Set Bulge Angle. T he joint ang le
between the link and its child is recorded (for
example, if a biped’s upper arm link is selected,
SetBulgeAnglerecordstheanglecreatedbythe
upper arm and the forearm.)
8. In the Selection Level group, turn on Cross
Section. Then in the Cross Section group, click
Insert. In a viewpor t, click the link at the point
where you want the new cross section to be.
9. Scale the cross section or move its control
points to create the bulge.
To move individual control points, use the
Control Point selection level.
10. Enter 80.0 in the Influence field.
Ifthebulgeangleisforabicepsbulgewhen
the forearm and upper arm create a 90-degree
angle, the bulge begins to appear at 10 degrees.
To copy all B ulge angles from one link to its opposite:
1.
Go to the Bulge sub-object level.
2. IntheSelectionLevelgroup,turnonLink.
Inaviewport,selectalinktocopy.
3. Choose Entire Link from the Current Bulge
Angle drop-down list.
4. In the Cross Section Parameters rollout, click
Copy.
5. In a v iewport, select the opposite link.
6. In the Cross Section Parameters rollout, click
Paste, and then click Mirror .
All the bulge angles from the first link are
pasted to the opposite link, then mirrored.
To ch oose a s pecific b ulge angle for ed it in g:
1.
Click the arrow of the Current Bulge Angle
drop-down list.
The ful l list of bulge angle names appears for
the cu rrent link .
2. Clickthenameofthebulgeangleyouwantto
edit.
The viewports update to show the cross sections
associated with the newly selected bulge ang le.
To change a bulge angle value:
1.
Make sure the bulge angle’s name is displayed
intheCurrentBulgeAngledrop-downlist.
2. Movethetimeslidertoaframethatdisplays
theangleyouwanttorecord,orusetransforms
to change the angle be tween the active link and
its child link.
3. IntheBulgeAngleParametersgroup,
click Set Bulge Angle.
To delete a bulge angle:
1.
Click the arrow of the Current Bulge Angle
drop-down list.