A little off topic but Im hoping that someone has achieved something similar. I cant upload an image from my office so Ill explain the best I can.
Im trying to animate a oil well drilling simulation and have to show the drill pipe twisting back and forth. The problem is I have to show the first third of the pipe twisting, the middle third of the pipe stationary and the last third of the pipe twisting. Ive tried adjusting the gizmo limits but I need a large length of the pipe stationary and tried stacking a couple twist modifiers but have had horrific results...
According to the "engineer" this is what is happening and I have to some how get this pipe to twist on either end and not in the middle.
Kinda like below
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|<-----twisting-----><-----stationary-----><-----twisting----->|
|_________________________________________________ _|
Thanks,
-dave
Im trying to animate a oil well drilling simulation and have to show the drill pipe twisting back and forth. The problem is I have to show the first third of the pipe twisting, the middle third of the pipe stationary and the last third of the pipe twisting. Ive tried adjusting the gizmo limits but I need a large length of the pipe stationary and tried stacking a couple twist modifiers but have had horrific results...
According to the "engineer" this is what is happening and I have to some how get this pipe to twist on either end and not in the middle.
Kinda like below
__________________________________________________
|<-----twisting-----><-----stationary-----><-----twisting----->|
|_________________________________________________ _|
Thanks,
-dave
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