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Hi Paul, << Do you have any suggestions to help bring these poor mannequins to life? >> If you have R4, download flip.zip from the meshes section to see how I can make a poor mannequin do a back 1 1/2 flip off of a diving board using Inverse Kinematics. Also, see the following files for another method… File Info for BONES.ZIP Section: Autodesk 3D Studio Contributor: 75107,2653 Size: 117794 Submitted: 12/28/94 Type: Binary Accesses: 1031 Title: Bones shareware ipas Keys: BONES ETC.. Here it is, the skeletal morphing freedom you've dreamed about — and it's CHEAP. Download this SHAREWARE version and check out the cool new features that made the '57 Chevy dance (see separate posting for Chevy flic). [dl time at 2400 baud: 8 min] File Info for BONEFL.ZIP Section: Autodesk 3D Studio Contributor: 75107,2653 Size: 271427 Submitted: 10/24/94 Type: Binary Accesses: 258 Title: BONES IPAS DEMO FLIC: A dancing 57 Chevy Keys: BONES IPAS BEND SHAREWARE FLIC DEMO Check out this cool new SHAREWARE IPAS that lets you animate a 'humanoid' skeleton to make a '57 Chevy dance just like in those gas commercials. See separate listing for the BONES and BEND-AID IPAS routines as well as the Chevy project file from which this flic was rendered (Actually that was the ego talking. It's a pretty ugly dance, but a nice IPAS.) [download time at 2400 baud: 15 min] File Info for BONESF.ZIP Section: IPAS Usage Contributor: 72320,2042 Size: 440843 Submitted: 12/26/94 Type: Binary Accesses: 92 Title: Digimation Bones IPAS Sample Keys: DIGIMATION BONES IPAS A sample using Bones from Digimation to animate a cow. The easiest way to animate objects without joints in 3DS. Bones is fully compatible with Inverse Kinematics, uses a shaded preview interface and does NOT use morph targets. Call Digimation for more info. (800) 854-4496 or (504) 785-3969 [dl time at 2400 baud: 28 min] File Info for BONEAR.ZIP Section: Animations Contributor: 100353,134 Size: 71698 Submitted: 11/10/94 Type: Binary Accesses: 86 Title: BONED ARM FLC USING JOSEPH MUNKEBY'S BONES IPAS Keys: IPAS BONES BONE BLOBW MUNKEBY MELENHORST ZEPHYR FLC A sample flc of some tests I made using BONES.IPAS. I think it has a lot of potential. Glenn Melenhorst Zephyr Animation & Design [dl time at 2400 baud: 5 min]