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Rig a mattress

swordvisionsswordvisions Posts: 124
edited December 1969 in Carrara Discussion

I am trying to add a simple rig to the mattress from West Legacy. I have rigged in Carrara before but it has been several years. I have created a simple skeleton, I think I did that part right but I am not sure. The bones are in the mattress but when I shift click the bones and mattress. The attach skeleton is grayed out. I guess I am missing something.

The whole point of rigging it is so that I can drape it over a something.

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  • SileneUKSileneUK Posts: 1,975
    edited September 2013

    swordvisions said:
    I am trying to add a simple rig to the mattress from West Legacy. I have rigged in Carrara before but it has been several years. I have created a simple skeleton, I think I did that part right but I am not sure. The bones are in the mattress but when I shift click the bones and mattress. The attach skeleton is grayed out. I guess I am missing something.

    The whole point of rigging it is so that I can drape it over a something.

    I'm a complete noob but I have done what you have and it looks right. Don't know what you mean by grayed out. I don't use shift/click alone, I use Attach Skeleton from the drop down Animation menu. The dotted lines show the rig is inside the object you made. It looks attached. If you select one of the bones or a joint in the Assembly Room, then go to the Rotation Tool (third down in vertical toolbar on left) the rotation axis guides appear... drag one of them and you should see your object distort in that direction. If it's too drastic, add more bones for a gentler effect. I rigged an elephant and couldn't believe it actually worked!

    If this advice is wrong or needs more info... someone please help. I just wanted to give my support as this is one Carrara thing that actually works for me!

    :) SileneUK

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,296
    edited December 1969

    is it a figure or a prop
    needs to be a prop
    you may need to export and reimport as an obj

  • swordvisionsswordvisions Posts: 124
    edited December 1969

    laurenwbr said:

    I'm a complete noob but I have done what you have and it looks right. Don't know what you mean by grayed out. ... SileneUK

    When, I go to the drop down menu, it will not let me select Attach skeleton at all.

  • swordvisionsswordvisions Posts: 124
    edited September 2013

    wendy♥catz said:
    is it a figure or a prop
    needs to be a prop
    you may need to export and reimport as an obj

    That could be it. I will try that. This is the first time I tried to rig purchased content

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,184
    edited December 1969

    I don't have the mattress from West Legacy. I tried to duplicate your problem with DAZ props that I do have. So far, I have been able to rig various props of similar shape using bones. So, just a couple of long shots...
    - check the directional cameras (left, top, front) to make sure the bones are inside the mattress when viewed from every angle
    - make sure that the mattress really is a prop, and is not already a figure

  • swordvisionsswordvisions Posts: 124
    edited September 2013

    It looks like it was a figure. I imported the obj file and did not have any problems attaching the skeleton. Thanks Everyone. I knew it had to be something simple that I just overlooked

    Now I have to add back the textures but here is what I was going for

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  • SileneUKSileneUK Posts: 1,975
    edited December 1969

    Entry for the Turner Prize? (just kidding!) Good luck.

    :) SileneUK

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