| Frisbee animation |
 BishBashRoss |
Hi
I have a Frisbee type of object animated along a path. When I try to rotate it on it's local axis to give it some 'spin' for some reason it rotates on its other axis also. Is there a workaround for this, or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
----------------------------- Ross O'Leary
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6/11/2012 2:13:38 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 2:13:38 PM)
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| ScotlandDave |
Not entirely sure about 3ds Max but with C4D what i do is simply group the object, apply path or other animation to group and animate the individual axis rotation to the object within the group itself.. I think the issue relates to gimbal lock and euler coordinates and whatever..
GOT SICK OF OLD SIG HAVE AT THIS NEW ONE
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6/11/2012 2:56:14 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 2:56:37 PM)
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| Garp |
I don't know if you can path-constrain a group but if not you can use a dummy.
Or rotate the texture instead.
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6/11/2012 3:27:18 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 3:27:18 PM)
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| BishBashRoss |
Thanks chaps
Not sure if it's me being stupid but that does not seem to work.
I created a dummy that followed a path. linked the group to it and then spun the logo within the group using local coordinate system.
Doesn't seem to work. strange.
----------------------------- Ross O'Leary
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6/11/2012 4:40:01 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 4:40:01 PM)
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| ccampbell |
Garp's method is the way to go here I think. The order you set up the animation and linking is the most important. Check out the vid below.
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6/11/2012 4:59:14 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 5:01:38 PM)
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| BishBashRoss |
Thanks so much for doing that for me ccampbell, much appreciated! I now have it working so aa big thanks to all of you!
I ended up having to do it in a separate file and merging to get it to work propa for some reason.
Thanks again!
----------------------------- Ross O'Leary
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6/11/2012 5:41:33 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 5:41:33 PM)
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| ccampbell |
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Happy to help
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6/11/2012 7:42:50 PM (last edit: 6/11/2012 7:43:05 PM)
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