Bendy-Stretchy Rig

[jason-ray]

Does anyone have any ideas on creating a rig for limbs where I can switch from a regular bend to a sort of elbow-macaroni bend? I'm also using the  "wp stretchy ik" script by William Petrucelli to make them stretch. Thank for any input.

[doug-hines]

Your rig prototype looks accurate. While I've not worked with "wp stretchy ik", this is how I would go about doing that setup.

Maybe create two skeletons: your regular 3 joint, IK setup and then your "tubing" 6 joint, splineIK setup on your stretchy skeleton with controls for each CV for fine tuning the curve of the arm

Then create an attribute to switch between the systems.

[mettam]

I am also interested in this question. Someone can they give advice, does maya 8 have some sort of skeleton setup that will let artist make stretchy rigs ?

[r-m]

hello sir can i get some video of bendy cuz i am not gettin it clearly thru scripts .. It will be very helpful for us from your side if  u upload a video or pdf .. for bendy set up..

[pritish-dogra]

My rig system offers a Bendy setup, however instead of bones, I do it with wire deformers. Mine works with both IK and Fk mode. I also have a video tutorial which explains how to set it up

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/character/c/pkd-rig-system

[manish--2]

This should help you

http://www.duncandonuts.co.uk/bendyarm.html

[r-m]

thnxs man nice one but stil i am not gettin the bendy setup tuts pls uplaod a whole tuts of bendy setup in maya if possible .. 
and the PKD SCRIPT IS NOT WORKING ..  

[r-m]

hey manish i am tryin this setup but when i run thge expressiion on result loc it shows this error ..
// Error: Attribute not found or variable missing '$':  L_Elbow_ResultLoc.translateZ   ...  can u pls tel me what does it mean and the second this the arm stretchy process shown in this is complex too confusin for me but  i did that by my method .. anyway thats not the prpblem the prob is this error as  i am not good in scritin or in typin expression can  u pls uplaod the video file of this set up with audio explaining the setup it will be helpful .. 

[pritish-dogra]

"thnxs man nice one but stil i am not gettin the bendy setup tuts pls uplaod a whole tuts of bendy setup in maya if possible .. 
and the PKD SCRIPT IS NOT WORKING ..  "

What version of Maya are you using? and what is the error?

[jason-ray]

Well, it seems i asked a question and lost the thread. Big Thanks to everyone who contributed though. If anyone else is interested here is a tutorial on manual/dynamic hair setup by zeth willie (http://vimeo.com/8240821) some of the techniques can be used to achieve the effect desired, but there is still no EASY solution for novice riggers like myself.