This has been a pain for the last couple days for me, in the example I hand keyed that one but looking for a better solution that escapes me for the moment. Everything Ive tried has failed. Basically this is a wire loom that acts sort of like a tank track except one end stay stationary and the other…

Path deform modifier (World space) would be my first thought. Simply animating the spline pulls the track with it.

I did try them as a path deform but the problem was the “C” curve and keeping the spline the same length at all times so it doesn’t disconnect the loom at either end, which also lead to key framing by hand on every frame and for this job thats just far too keys Id have to enter. *EDIT* I also tri…

If you add a “normalize spline” modifier to the spline it should clear up any stretching. The curve points on the spline then get animated half as much as the anchor object. It doesn’t really matter then where the spline ends, only where it begins. I made a quick scene if it helps. [Track.jpg] Tr…

[image] importing vray material from max in maya If you add a “normalize spline” modifier to the spline it should clear up any stretching. The curve points on the spline then get animated half as much as the anchor object. It doesn’t really matter then where the spline ends, only where it begins.…

Just rereading my post…just to clarify-the curve points of the original spline get animated, not the curve points on the normalized spline version.

Not sure if it helps but you might be able to achieve something like this with RailClone. For the C curve RailClone can bevel the spline automatically. [image] A sample file is attached, it should work with the free lite version of RailClone. Cheers, Paul trackwithRailClone.zip (104 KB)

[image] sampling & a hdri Just rereading my post…just to clarify-the curve points of the original spline get animated, not the curve points on the normalized spline version. Im not sure if I understand, there is only one spline that I can see in the scene.

[image] Happy holidays! Not sure if it helps but you might be able to achieve something like this with RailClone. For the C curve RailClone can bevel the spline automatically. [image] A sample file is attached, it should work with the free lite version of RailClone. Cheers, Paul Thanks Pau…

Ive been able to come close with the attached solution, Im trying to wrap my head around the PathDeform mod but still working on that lol. Ive trashed my shoulder bad and the pain meds are slowing me down a bit today lol. Ive attached a screen and the scene with notes in it to hopefully explain it a…

This might work. Create a dummy object, attach it to base assembly and wire it’s position to the top assembly but divided by 2. Then select the verts on the C curve and apply a Linked X Form operator. Pick the dummy as the control object. As you move the top section the C curves moves at half the …

Need help animating

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Syclone1 August 12, 2015, 8:12pm 5

Cool beans thanks much Ill check it out

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Need help animating

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