Forum: Bryce


Subject: How to edit a motion path

Tempest opened this issue on Feb 06, 2000 ยท 2 posts


Tempest posted Sun, 06 February 2000 at 5:40 PM

I am trying to make one of those things that you see in a physciatrists office, you know that device with the five ball atached to strings that hti each other... well i need to make a motion path for the first ball and the second ball but do to my lack of knowledge about motion paths I can't make it. SO if you know anything at all about Bryce motion paths, let me know.


wolfie posted Fri, 11 February 2000 at 3:20 AM

If I understand your concept, you are trying to make one of those devices that has 5 or so steel balls each suspended on a triangular frame supported by a open rectangular frame, yes? If so, you are not really dealing with motion paths at all. Form a group of the first ball and it's support. You will need to turn on the origin handle for that group. Then shift the origin handle vertically until it aligns with the pivot point of the support. Then all you do is rotate the group and it will rotate about that pivot point. Make keyframes for the movement and do the same for the ball/support at the opposite end. I threw together a quick object for you to visualize what I am talking about. Download it here: http://www.wolfiesden.com/cgi-bin/downlist/browse.dl.cgi?Ball_Support.zip