Hi Zack, Interesting stuff. The paper you wrote shows some good design ideas. Do you have test videos of the muscles at work in Blender?
-Ton- -------------------------------------------------------- Ton Roosendaal - t...@blender.org - www.blender.org Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands On 12 Oct, 2014, at 7:49, Zack Drach wrote: > Hello Blender developers, > > About 6 months ago, I implemented native muscle rigging in Blender for a > class project at my university. Although it's not production ready, I > figured that my code and design could help guide the decision to add muscle > rigging to Blender. > > At a high level, used the algorithm described here: > http://cg.skeelogy.com/research/simplified-muscle-dynamics.php . I found > the link to the paper in the GSOC 2013 ideas document. > > In terms of code modifications, I created a new DNA data structure called > Muscle, and created some operators for creating muscles and attaching them > to Bones. Integration with WeightPaint/Pose mode was also implemented. > > My final report (for the class) can be found here: > http://zdrach.com/New%20Projects/01%20Muscle%20Rigging/files/report.pdf > > And the diff can be found here: > http://zdrach.com/New%20Projects/01%20Muscle%20Rigging/files/diff.txt > > The design looks like it should work. The main blockers for implementation > are 1) development resources (probably a couple hundred man hours) and 2) > code complexity (eg. maybe it's worth cleaning up some of the armature code > before adding muscles). > > If muscle rigging becomes a development priority, hopefully these resources > should help out. (Maybe these files can be put on the ideas wiki page?) > > Thanks, > Zack Drach > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers