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SmartAnim

Advanced Rigging and Animation Plugin for 3ds Max
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What is SmartAnim?

SmartAnim is a new advanced rigging and animation plugin for Autodesk 3ds Max. This powerful toolkit expands the current set of controllers, solvers, helpers, and rigging tools available within 3ds Max, allowing animators to create more complex and sophisticated animations that run fast in the viewport.

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SmartAnim includes:

  • Automatic Rig System, including Face Rig.
  • Tool for saving/loading animations and Mocap files.
  • 2 new IK Solvers (IKFK and Curve IK).
  • A new UI Panel interface with dynamic controls.
  • A versatile interface for managing poses for your rigs.
  • More than 40 different types of Control Helpers.
  • More than 20 new controllers.
  • 1 modifier for mirroring morphs.
  • New FBX Exporter with stretched bones support for Unreal Engine.
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The Rig System

Create a wide variety of advanced rigs with just a few parameters and a template of points. It's an open system with independent components that can be modified as much as you want. The rig has IKFK solvers with stretch properties, reverse feet, an IK spine, twist bones, UI panels with pickers and a Face rig.

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Animation Manager & Animation Layers

A unified system to copy, paste, mirror, save, and load poses and animations. It includes a dedicated animation layers system and is compatible with any custom rig.

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Import Mocaps

Import Mocap files with just one Button! Supported formats include FBX, BIP and CAT files. Compatible with several common skeleton standards, including Mixamo, Unreal Engine, HumanIK, ActoreCore (CC/iclone), Daz Genesis 9, MoCap Online, Rokoko, and Xsens.

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New Inverse Kinematic Solvers

IKFK Solver

Integrate inverse and forward kinematics within the same hierarchy, enabling smooth transitions and matching between both modes. It also includes stretching and soft IK.

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CurveIK Solver

Useful for creating rigs with bendy limbs and other types of curved objects using less objects and connections, specially designed for character animation.

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User Interface Tools

UI Panel

It contains pickers, sliders, spinners, and action buttons for effortless animation of complex character rigs and any other element in the scene.

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Pose Kit

It's a powerful solution for managing different poses for rigs and objects. With the ability to save, access and apply poses to your characters at any time.

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Control Helper

It offers a wide range of customization options for helper objects, including diverse display types and a selector feature.

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New Controllers

SmartAnim adds over 20 new controllers designed for advanced rigging and flexible animation setups. Highlights include Aim Constraint, Parent Constraint, Stretch Constraint, Connection controllers, Float Expose TM, and more.

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Ready to try SmartAnim?

For 3ds Max 2020 - 2027

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* 3D models are not included.