SOFTIMAGE|CAT is a character animation plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max. CAT is designed by animators, for animators to take the tedious technicalities out of 3D character animation. Its complete toolset enables easy character rigging, non-linear animation, animation layering, motion capture import, muscle simulation, and more. CAT is fast, stable, simple, and packed with cutting-edge features that give artists an easier way to animate characters in 3ds Max.
Rig Creation Made Simple
CAT makes it easy to create any kind of character rig. Build custom rigs lightning-quick, or use presets to create everything from humans and horses, to lizards and dragons, to spiders, crabs, and creepy-crawlies of all kinds. Include as many spines, heads, bones, fingers and toes as you want. CAT even supports highly complex rigs like centipedes, which are impossible to create using standard 3ds Max tools!
Features include: as many spines, heads, bones, spine links, bone segments, fingers and toes as you would ever want; arbitrary limb configuration; a rig preset manager; IK/FK blends; a hand preset manager; a pose manager, animation parameters open to all 3ds max™ animation controllers; spline editable, animateable parametric motion; a motion preset manager; walk on the spot; automatic ground collision; individual footprint editing; bvh and htr mocap data import/retargeting; individually transformable mocap clips; motion ghosting; the ability to compress and stretch animation tracks, powerful non-linear animation and much, much more
CAT Version 3.x New Features include:
- CATMuscle Integration
- Setup Controllers
- Layer Configuration Baking
- New Rig Nodes
- New Rig Saver
- New CATUnits Position, Rotation, and Float Controllers
- New Inheritance Settings on Bones
- Layer Collapsing Tool
- New Layer Manager
- Arbitrary Numbers of Feet Per CATMotion Limb
- CATMotion Foot Nodes Automatically Placed on Ground Plane
Useful Links:
CAT Gallery
CAT Trial Version |
