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        <p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0022A8"><b><a target="" href="../../corner/index.html"><font size="-1">Thinking 
          Outside the Box</font></a><font size="-1">:</font></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+3" color="#0022A8"><br>
          Lincoln, Sitcher Ass Down</font></p>
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        <p align="RIGHT"><font color="#804000"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">By 
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          Steed</font></b></font></p>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In Max, linking is easy to 
          do. Simply click on the ‘Select and Link’ icon at the upper left-hand 
          part of your screen. </font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick04.jpg" width="134" height="93"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Unselected… </font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick05.jpg" width="134" height="93"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">…selected</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now let’s help old Sitcher 

          out with a cure to his linking woes. With the link icon active, go to 
          the object you want as the <i>child</i>, click on it and drag the icon 
          to the object you want it attached to or it’s <i>parent</i>. So let’s 
          start with his right foot and link his leg up.</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick06.jpg" width="120" height="295"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Go down to the right foot, 
          click on it holding the left mouse button down while dragging up to 
          the shin. Let go and you’ve now linked the foot to the lower leg. Note 
          that the icon changes to a ‘do not enter’ kinda circle with diagonal 
          bar across the middle if you drag it across empty space or an object 
          that can’t be linked. Link the shin to the thigh and repeat on the left 
          leg starting with the foot. Link the rest of the body. Last, link the 
          head to the body, we’ll move it into position in a minute.</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Click on the ‘Select by Name’ 
          icon…</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick07.jpg" width="134" height="93"></font></p>
        <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">…and double check the parent-child 
          relationships by checking the ‘Display Subtree’ box…</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick08.jpg" width="400" height="334"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Looks good so move his head 
          up to between his shoulders and maybe we can get some work out of him 
          yet.</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick09.jpg" width="111" height="331"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So, he’s linked together 
          now and his head’s screwed on right. Are we ready to make him have a 
          seat? Where’s his chair? Where’s his pivot? Where’s his…huh? Where’s 
          his pivot? Well his pivot point from which the limbs rotate is crucial 
          to making him bend stuff in the right place. Linking is the first step, 
          placing your pivot points are second. Pivot points in this case would 
          be the elbow, the waist, the knee, the wrist, etc. First go to your 
          Hierarchy command panel.</font></p>
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        Thinking Outside the Box is &copy; 1999 Paul Steed. All other content 
        is &copy; 1999 <a target="_self" href="http://www.loonyboi.com">loonyboi 
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