Help needed for gear scrpt or expression

[stilgarna]

Hello guys,

I need your help for "scripting".

Gear1 is rotating on z axis (both sides), Gear2 is linked to G1, but only in positive (or negative, I don't remember).

I want to assign a controller on gear2.Z Rotation (cript or expression), something like that :

if G1.Z Rotation=positive then G2.Z Rotation=G1.Z Rotation else 0

or

if G1.Z Rotation=negative then G2.Z Rotation=G1.Z Rotation else 0

I need to setup a 80 moving parts watch, so I need to use "Assign Controller" function.



hope you can help, and hope to be clear...

Best regards.

PS: I will post the same Message on CG Talk... best regards.

Sorry for double posting, it's in Image upload ! :
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...-or-expression

gear 1 is rotating both clockwise and anti-clockwise and you want gear 2 to rotate only if gear 1 rotates clockwise?

Yes


Should gear 2 rotate the same amount as the rotation amount of gear one?

Yes, same amount


Would it make sense to just link the rotation of gear 2 to a dummy object that only does positive rotations with a hold for the negative section of gear 1's rotation and then use the relative repeat out of range curve on it? Or does gear 1 do rotations of different amounts each time?

Different amount each time...