On 7-8-2013 23:34, Bald Eagle wrote:
>> I think most things here can be done within Blender alone,
>> but I'm not familiar enough with Blender since it is really hard to learn.
>
> Yeah.  It looks VERY powerful, but at the expense of a steep learning curve and
> grappling with 10 million buttons.  :)

I think I disagree, although it depends on what you want to do. If you 
want to do a movie with camera tracking and overlays of 3D models and 
special effects, yes that is difficult. But it would be in any (set of) 
program(s). The game students that I worked with preferred it over e.g. 
Maya, because that has a much more complicated interface. There is also 
a large set of good tutorials and an active and helpful community.

>
>> What have in your mind? Fractures are as indivual as the forces are causing
>> them.
>
> Spiral fracture of the right tibia, distal to the tibial diaphysis, right mid-
> to distal spiral fracture extending distally to 2-3cm proximal to growth plate,
> 10% posterior displacement of the distal fragment.
>
> Medical papers suggest this is highly reproducible.
>
> It's probably only the actual tibial fracture that needs to me modeled with any
> degree of realism and precision.  The rest of the anatomy and movement are just
> sort of along for the ride, to give some perspective.
> I only want to _model_ musculature, not necessarily graphically illustrate it in
> an artistically realistic fashion.  The idea is simply to show that while
> external forces are being applied, a voluntary contraction or involuntary reflex
> will cause a torsional force to the tibia as well.
>
> Perhaps Rune, Friederich Lohmueller, Sascha Ledinsky, Christoph Hormann, Andrel,
> or John VanSickle may have some positive suggestions for me.  They all appear to
> have done impressive work in related areas of modeling.

There are some libraries of bones and muscles available, even for free. 
I should have a set of legs (bones, cartilage, muscles, arteries, skin) 
somewhere if that would help you. They need to be remeshed to be usable, 
but remeshing you can learn in blender in a day (really, talking from 
experience).



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