Squash strech Bones in Softmage

[charlesman]

Hi! I would want to know if can rig a character that his bones have an automatic function of squash strech.

Thanks.

[delano]

Hello charlesman! Here’s a quick video on how to rig a bone chain to squash and stretch in Softimage:

[charlesman]

Enormeous Thanks Teacher. I have a question about local display rotation axis of joints like Maya. How can I see this function in Softimage?

[bravo2zero]

Nice little video

Just one thing you dont really need to use >= grater than or equal to because you wont be stretching if your equal to the max length you have set . > grater then will allow mesh deformation if its larger then the value you have set .

[delano]

@ charlesman, no problem! Also to view an object's LRA in Softimage, select the object and go to Display > Attributes > Centers

@ bravo2zero, the `greater than` operation is needed to tell the system to stretch when it reaches beyond the defined distance. If it's not there, it's that same thing as saying `only stretch when you reach this length, and don't consider any other length`, which basically cancels the stretching effect