Jof Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Hi all Can anyone kindly instruct me on on - how I can rig and apply Constraints to the hands of a clock so they both pivot from the centre and hence tell the time? It will be nice if they can both be rigged in away where one lags behind a few frames Thanks Jof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DArtZ Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well, you would put the base of the bone at the base of the clock hands, and the tip of the bone at the tip of the clock hand. Now getting it to lag behind, this could be done either in an action or with an expression. An action would probably be the ez way to do this. Does this clock have just a big and little hand or does this clock have a second hand(which would make it the third hand!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jof Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well, you would put the base of the bone at the base of the clock hands, and the tip of the bone at the tip of the clock hand. Now getting it to lag behind, this could be done either in an action or with an expression. An action would probably be the ez way to do this. Does this clock have just a big and little hand or does this clock have a second hand(which would make it the third hand!) Thanks for your advice 3dartz! The clock has two hands one big the other small. It could have a third but two's find. Will this same principle apply to a TURNING WHEEL ON A CART? Thanks again Jof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Will this same principle apply to a TURNING WHEEL ON A CART? Yes, it will work for a wheel as well. Try this example Project...just hit the "play" button in the Action to see it at work. I sped up the movement, but it could be done in real time by changing the Expressions. Hope that helps. v12_clock_example.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jof Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Thanks, Itsjustme! Simply brilliant, just what I was looking for. Jof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMZ_TimeLord Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Somewhere on these forums I posted a working expression project for a pocket watch... search away... EDIT: Here is the post I was referring to... (No search necessary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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