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# 1 16-04-2012 , 11:59 AM
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ferris wheel animation help

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i have a model of a ferris wheel and im tring to animate it using driven keys any help

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# 2 16-04-2012 , 12:14 PM
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You'll have to be more specific. We can't do the animation for you.

# 3 16-04-2012 , 12:17 PM
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You'll have to be more specific. We can't do the animation for you.

the ferris wheel has a wheel and has the cars where people would sit in i think i need to set the wheel as the driver and the cars as driven but im not sure how to make it rotate i need to have the wheel moving in an anti clockwise direction and the cars moving in a clockwise direction?

# 4 16-04-2012 , 01:45 PM
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Okay, if you parent your cars to the wheel, I would create a control to act as your driver. Then key the wheel 0-360 degrees and using the driver control, say 0-360 as a new "wheel rotation" attribute.
Also key the cars 0 to negative 360 using the same driver. I think that should work, if that makes sense. Best thing to do is to experiment. If you have a question about how set driven keys works, feel free to ask.

# 5 16-04-2012 , 02:18 PM
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Okay, if you parent your cars to the wheel, I would create a control to act as your driver. Then key the wheel 0-360 degrees and using the driver control, say 0-360 as a new "wheel rotation" attribute.
Also key the cars 0 to negative 360 using the same driver. I think that should work, if that makes sense. Best thing to do is to experiment. If you have a question about how set driven keys works, feel free to ask.

thanks i will try it out

# 6 16-04-2012 , 02:25 PM
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I would point constrain the cars to the wheel, then aim constrain them to the ground, instead of using set driven keys.


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# 7 16-04-2012 , 03:03 PM
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I would point constrain the cars to the wheel, then aim constrain them to the ground, instead of using set driven keys.

i have to use driven keys its for an assignment

# 8 16-04-2012 , 04:02 PM
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Okay, if you parent your cars to the wheel, I would create a control to act as your driver. Then key the wheel 0-360 degrees and using the driver control, say 0-360 as a new "wheel rotation" attribute.
Also key the cars 0 to negative 360 using the same driver. I think that should work, if that makes sense. Best thing to do is to experiment. If you have a question about how set driven keys works, feel free to ask.

this is what i tried

select each individual cart and load as driven + select the wheel as driver and both on rotate x

i then pressed key in the driven key window at the first and last frame

i selected the carts on first frame on timeline set a key and rotatation at 0 on last frame set keyframe and rotation at -360

the same was done with the wheel but with +360

when i play the animation there's no movement Im doing something wrong somewhere sorry im a newbie

# 9 16-04-2012 , 04:29 PM
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this is what i tried

select each individual cart and load as driven + select the wheel as driver and both on rotate x

i then pressed key in the driven key window at the first and last frame

i selected the carts on first frame on timeline set a key and rotatation at 0 on last frame set keyframe and rotation at -360

the same was done with the wheel but with +360

when i play the animation there's no movement Im doing something wrong somewhere sorry im a newbie

I managed to get some movement i have the wheel rotating 360 but the cars stay in the same position and just rotate 360 fixed.

# 10 16-04-2012 , 05:24 PM
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Well keep experimenting, it sounds like you're getting closer. If it's for an assignment we can't do it all for you.

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