i don't waste my time with rigging bones anymore - i think the fun part is the constraint systems...i just run my meshes thru the mixamo auto-rigger (mixamo.com/upload_character). good tutorial tho.
Have you guys seen Mixamo - they take biped motion capture and apply it automatically so you don't have to go through all this. They also just released an automatic biped script to convert their automatic rig for 3ds max. mixamo.com
I got a newsletter from Mixamo talking about their new automatic rigging system, I wonder if they're using Pinnochio? Upload your mesh to w w w dot mixamo dot com slash upload_character and see what you think?
i don't waste my time with rigging bones anymore - i think the fun part is the constraint systems...i just run my meshes thru the mixamo auto-rigger (mixamo.com/upload_character). good tutorial tho.