Retrieving sub-object pivot points is now simply a matter of processing a mesh in 3D Studio Max with the Pivot Painter script, importing the files and creating a material using the available Pivot Painter functions. Sample content, like that provided in Content Examples also helps by showing how an animation, like the one featured above, can be generated. The results are fluid and realistic.Ĭreating these types of materials has been made much simpler with the addition of the Pivot Painter 2's Material Functions.
Each element is animated using its individual pivot point, direction vector, bounds size and inherited motion. The Pivot Painter material function forms motion inheritance information for each of the model's leaves and branches. The motion shown in the sample video is procedurally generated in real-time using vertex shaders.
Those textures can then be referenced inside of Unreal's shader system to create interactive effects. The Pivot Painter 2.0 MAXScript stores the pivot and rotational information in the model's textures.
