Forum: Carrara


Subject: engine animation

groucho3D opened this issue on Jun 02, 2003 ยท 3 posts


groucho3D posted Mon, 02 June 2003 at 11:42 AM

I'm trying to build a simple engine. One piston and a crank, using only primatives (cylinders and cubes). I can't get my head around IK, parenting, and constraints. I want to turn the crank and see the piston move up and down. Is this possible? How can it be done? Help! Groucho3D


ewinemiller posted Mon, 02 June 2003 at 12:59 PM

cognito120.jpg

Cognito! It's a mechanical motion choreographer for Carrara. You can see the product page at

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/products/cognito/

Check out the Piston movie, the sample file for that movie comes with Cognito.

Best regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D extensions for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
Carrara and LightWave plug-ins


groucho3D posted Tue, 03 June 2003 at 4:39 AM

Thanks, just what I wanted. The cheque is in the post! groucho3D