Help! Anyone Know how to Rig a Car for Animation?

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# 1 03-04-2003 , 03:58 AM

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Help! Anyone Know how to Rig a Car for Animation?

Sup bros. I'm new to this form and Maya so prepare for some dumb questions. I will be animating a car and need some help\advice on how to rig it. Basically, I want to have suspension working and the front tries turning and spinning at the same time.

I want to have a good method of control too for stoping the car and breaking. I can control the tires steering when I slect one tire and then the other and they rotate around the first tires pivot but I can't figure out how to group or parent it to work. Any suggestions or links with infomation. Thanks!

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# 2 03-04-2003 , 04:05 AM

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# 3 03-04-2003 , 05:31 AM

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first of all you need to look into expressions. Expressions are mathematically set of rules you define for how you want objects to behave.

take a look at those in the manuals before going any further!

Good luck ..

Carsten Lind
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Maya Software Manager & Maya Instructor
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