Download the file called Cam_Lifter_animate.zip and extracted to your hard disk. Then double-click on the HTML file and play the video in your browser.
Remember that I know nothing about camshafts and the shape of the cam presented here has nothing to do with reality. The intent is to create a believable motion and not produce something for mechanical or scientific study.
While I've done this in 3ds Max 9 the steps should be easy enough to follow in any previous versions or in Autodesk VIZ.
Good luck and have fun
Ted
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Video: Cam and Lifter Animation
Comments
Re: Video: Cam and Lifter Animation
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Anonymous
on Thu 31 May 2007 09:50 AM EDT | Permanent Link
Very sly, you old fox. :)
Wade Re: Re: Video: Cam and Lifter Animation
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tbdesign
on Thu 31 May 2007 10:57 AM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link
>>old fox<<
Oh, thanks Wade! :) One thing I realized is that it only works in vertical or horizontal positions, though. I was able to link things to a new Dummy and rotate the system 45 degrees, then apply an Ease Curve to fix the speed of the dummy traveling the path to take the "wobble" out. It's a manual solution, though, and not a good general fix and I can't figure out what's causing the speed variation when Constant Velocity is checked. Keep things vertical, Wade! Ted |
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