Getting Tank treads to work...

[Kelley]

 

I've animated tanks in Carrara, but this one is a first in A:M. I'm thinking that I should arrange one whole track [treads. drive wheels, armor. etc.] as a named group, animate a full cycle where each track-plate goes all the way around once, and save that Action to the Library. Then duplicate it, flip it on the Z-axis and drop the Action onto the new tread. Is there a better way? [in Carrara this was not difficult, but it was tedious. So before I launch in...]

 

Secondly, in Carrara, there was a way to select groups of key-frame markers, and, [if I recall correctly, by holding down the Alt key] drag the markers out proportionally, thereby slowing the action, or compressing them on the timeline, speeding up the action. Is there a similar function in A:M?

[johnl3d]

use the search to find treads lots of results in the last years alone

[cstanton]

You might also search for "bicycle chain"

 

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