Autodesk Maya Tutorial - Easy Chest Rig and Animation

[@_Diesel]

5 years later this was a big help, thanks a lot! Best tutorial I found :)

[@3dextrude]

Nice! Thank you

[@sathvikmalgikar2842]

i like the way you did separate videos for rigging modelling texturing and even lighting instead of a all in one video. thank you helped a lot especially the paints skin weights tool

[@3dextrude]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kauniin]

этому видосу уже 7 лет и оно мне пригодилось) спасибо вам! вы как всегда лучший!

[@Sei783]

It doesn't need to be a combined mesh. In the bind options, Geodesic Voxel is good for objects comprised of multiple meshes. However, you can avoid skin weighting simply by selecting each piece separately and binding to a the selected joint. Also, since a treasure chest isn't likely to bend anywhere other than the hinge, each piece only needs one joint of influence.

[@emiliolopez1808]

You've saved my class grade, thank you Sir!

[@3dextrude]

Great to hear!

[@jercodesthings]

Amazing! Thanks a ton :)

[@mad7505]

Great Tut!

[@jazenism]

Thank you! Great Tutorial!

[@3dextrude]

Thank you!

[@matubastudios7634]

It's look very great. Thanks :)

[@Devvbot]

Is there anyway I could get a link to the Chest Model? - I'm teaching a class on some simle animation and really enjoed this, but do not have time to build a model and animate.

[@3dextrude]

I don't have this specific one anymore, but I do have some other chest I did once. Just contact me through my website and I will send you the file.

[@tarassyvanyk1592]

I do everything exactly, but result is wrong((((. And i'm not understand....why???

[@하누랩]

Very nice! :)

[@3dextrude]

Thank you

[@izvarzone]

Something tells me it can be done much easier. Without any rigs and just 1 bone for top. The one on floor is not needed.

[@3dextrude]

izvarzone You can animate just the geometry without any bones if you don't want. In this case the one on the floor is needed because it is a combined object and you need it so that the bottom won't move when you open the lid.

[@izvarzone]

3dEx I never had floor moviving when other bone rotate.

[@3dextrude]

izvarzone I guess you can try that then.

[@AlexandreMartinsArt]

Big irvin!

[@ronaldlee5324]

why dont just set the prvot point on back and rotate it??

[@3dextrude]

You van absolutely do that, but in this video I wanted to show how to do it using joints amd not just animating the geometry.

[@TheDorianTube]

Argh, I guess I'll pass this. I'm barely able to model basic stuff...animation is something for later for me XD

[@3dextrude]

TheDorianTube That's a good strategy.

[@KayBeeGlass]

Can you move faster please? Seriously, I can almost make out what you're clicking on.. smh