Bathroom Mirror Rigging

“Bathroom Mirror Rigging in 3Ds Max ” by Michael Grote

This tutorial will result in an extendable mirror style rig where you can control the expansion of the mechanism simply by rotating one particular part.
1. Create a box (I used dimensions 100x10x5 for simplicity’s sake) and name it ‘master01′ (the number after the names are important so they get numbered sequentially when the arms get cloned)

2. Clone the box, move it down 5 units (the thickness of the bar) and name it ‘slave01′

3. Click on ‘master01′ and go to the hierarchy panel, then click on ‘Affect Pivot Only’ under the ‘Pivot’ heading.
Then move the pivot 45 units to the end (moving it 45 units means that the pivot will be 5 units from the end and from each side.
Then rotate the pivot 180° around the X axis. (very important action, the master’s Z axis must be the opposite of the slave’s Z axis).
Click on ‘Affect Pivot Only’ again to disable it.

4. Create a dummy object and position it half way down the length of the bars, (use the Align tool for accuracy [Alt+A])

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