How to Rig the Luxo Jr. Lamp in 3ds Max By Shawn Hendriks

I’ve run across a lot of people trying to rig the classic Luxo Jr. lamp character early in their 3D education. Many people have asked for a tutorial so I thought I’d provide this on my blog 3ds Max. To find the original blog post go here... One key note I forgot in the video, the parallel arms on the lamp should be of equal length for the rig to work smoothly.