@Ramon3141 This sounds like a very good starting point...if you guys could attach the code and the 3ds max scene here, I can take a look at what it does and we can try to figure out on where to go!
It is very good that you are already having friends over at the 3ds max community, because max script is so poorly documented, that help always comes in handy when you are stuck!
I love 3ds max but the biped animation system can drive you nuts at times...it is so very easy to import motion, but extracting it to drive those servos can be quiet a pain!
Anyways, its late and I will have to leave here...but I am happy 3ds max is hot gossip again! I am more than willing to contribute!
@Ramon3141 And btw, I do not need the real deal...just attach any scene that works, its always a pain to try and get these code snippets to work if they eventually are not of any use in the end!
oh lots of interesting stuff @mickey666Maus I have to hit the sack tonight but ill respond first thing since find a solution to this problem is apparently my point in life this week lol
I was checking once more on the real time motion capture project that @fxrsts and @ptp have going on and the IMU capruring approach might be interesting for you guys too...there is also a plugin they made for ARC!
Also @Ramon3141 I was reading your info once more, and now I understood correctly. Your friend build an animation rig which is a virtual representation of the real machine, this rig she animated in a way to match the mocap driven biped as close as possible right?
Which is a very good approach since the 3ds max biped is by no means a working representation of your real machine, its a very good tool to represent the mocap data though!
Now I fully understand why you cannot share the 3ds max scene, but as I said...any working scene will do, so I can take a look!
@DJSures My build uses EZ-Robot HD Servos, and I am ashamed to say...a few of those cheap Tower Pro Micro Servos, which will eventually be replaced soon!
I just burned so many in the beginning of my robot life that I was afraid to use those EZ-Robot Micro Servos!
@Ramon3141 This sounds like a very good starting point...if you guys could attach the code and the 3ds max scene here, I can take a look at what it does and we can try to figure out on where to go! It is very good that you are already having friends over at the 3ds max community, because max script is so poorly documented, that help always comes in handy when you are stuck! I love 3ds max but the biped animation system can drive you nuts at times...it is so very easy to import motion, but extracting it to drive those servos can be quiet a pain!
Anyways, its late and I will have to leave here...but I am happy 3ds max is hot gossip again! I am more than willing to contribute!
@Ramon3141 And btw, I do not need the real deal...just attach any scene that works, its always a pain to try and get these code snippets to work if they eventually are not of any use in the end!
oh lots of interesting stuff @mickey666Maus I have to hit the sack tonight but ill respond first thing since find a solution to this problem is apparently my point in life this week lol
I was checking once more on the real time motion capture project that @fxrsts and @ptp have going on and the IMU capruring approach might be interesting for you guys too...there is also a plugin they made for ARC!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029684/
If you want I can make a plug accept your tcp data to move servos directly. Would that help?
All I need are the specifics and I can make it
Also @Ramon3141 I was reading your info once more, and now I understood correctly. Your friend build an animation rig which is a virtual representation of the real machine, this rig she animated in a way to match the mocap driven biped as close as possible right? Which is a very good approach since the 3ds max biped is by no means a working representation of your real machine, its a very good tool to represent the mocap data though!
Now I fully understand why you cannot share the 3ds max scene, but as I said...any working scene will do, so I can take a look!
I just checked those NEMA servos with a direct Eternet connection...cheap stuff!
@DJSures My build uses EZ-Robot HD Servos, and I am ashamed to say...a few of those cheap Tower Pro Micro Servos, which will eventually be replaced soon! I just burned so many in the beginning of my robot life that I was afraid to use those EZ-Robot Micro Servos!