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Above: Default bulge angle at the initial pose.
Below: Bicep bulges at the custom bulge angle of 90 degrees.
The new bulge angle has been assigned a red color.
To create a biceps bulge angle, go to the Bulge sub-object level. In the Selection
Level group, turn on Link. Select the upper arm link, then click Insert Bulge
Angle; the bulge angle name increments from 0 to 1 in the Current Bulge
Angle field, indicating that a new bulge angle has been created. Type a
descriptive name for the new bulge angle in the Current Bulge Angle field;
for example,
Arm at 90 .
Click Bulge Angle Color and select a color for the newly created bulge angle.
When Select Nearest Bulge Angle is active, the bulge angle color changes as
the joint bends; this is a good visual indicator of which angle has the most
influence at any given frame.
Scrub the time slider to a frame where the arm is bent to 90 degrees, then click
Set Bulge Angle (you can also rotate the joint).
NOTE The Set Bulge Angle command records only the angle between the biceps
and forearm, not the frame number where that angle occurs. The bulge will occur
at any frame where the elbow is at the bulge angle.
In the Selection Level group, click Cross Section. Then in the Cross Section
Parameters rollout, click Insert. In a viewport, position the cursor over the
upper arm link, and click to place the new cross section for the biceps.
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