When I was starting out in Animation 4 years ago, I always wished there was a thread where I could ask any question rather than posting a whole new thread. Now that I’m a senior and been the lead animator on two Championship finalist animations, I figured I’d set up this help spot. So, if you have questions about 3DS MAX, ask them here and if I don’t know the answer, then it’s one more thing I need to learn and if I can’t figure it out, there are plenty of other people around these boards who can help too. 
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Hmm. Does anyone have any good resources or advice regarding rigging models?
My team has created some very nice models for this years safety animation, but our head character-modeler is tearing his hair out trying to figure out a good way to rig.
Area.autodesk.com has a bunch of good stuff as well as videos showing some great tips http://area.autodesk.com/channels/3dsmaxhowtos
Hope that helps! 
Is there a way to make a 2D sketch like you do for Autodesk Inventor and then project it to make a 3D figure?