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Cable animation help :(

Posted:
Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:13 pm
by Woodylepic

some body know how to animate aileron cable and push rod cable like this one up there my plane is near finision just need some animate cable :(
Re: Cable animation help

Posted:
Mon Mar 01, 2004 4:40 am
by RIC_BARKER
Can you not just animate it with keyframes as per normal?
If it's for the VC the part name would be "Lever_stick_fore_aft"
Ric B.
Re: Cable animation help

Posted:
Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:43 pm
by d0mokun
yeah- i'd simply use a position key and animate it over 0-100 moving..
good luck mate.. what plane is that btw?
dano ;)
Re: Cable animation help

Posted:
Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:52 pm
by Woodylepic
you mean moving the wire at heach sequence until i reach 100 frame ?
Re: Cable animation help

Posted:
Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:55 pm
by Woodylepic

The famous Levasseur_pl8 of nungesser and colie (1927)
Re: Cable animation help

Posted:
Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:46 am
by RIC_BARKER
Unless the calbe changes direction somwhere in the sequence, you set keyframes for 0, 50 (neutral) and 100 only, and it will work.
Looks good BTW.
Ric B.
Re: Cable animation help

Posted:
Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:21 am
by Woodylepic
Yes i whante the cable to fallow the course of the throttle lever, but like the aileron cable the course is not rectiligne can you explain much in detail pls ...
Re: Cable animation help

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Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:29 am
by RIC_BARKER