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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: D.J on April 22, 2008, 01:21:06 am

Title: Rotating object in once positon??
Post by: D.J on April 22, 2008, 01:21:06 am

Hey everyone, Im fairly new to Anim8or and have to my sense a good hang of the program, so glad I downloaded it..

Anyways, I wanted to know if there is a way I could rotate an object in one position over and over again in a sequence. Like hellicopter blades spinning or propellers or wheels, get my flow? All I know how to do is make a skeleton and animate the bones on them, but when I want to make something rotate in place, it just moves in a full circle as if in an orbit, instead of staying in a position and rotating.

Title: Re: Rotating object in once positon??
Post by: almost cool on April 22, 2008, 01:26:35 am

Ty using a differint axis.Which are you using?

Title: Re: Rotating object in once positon??
Post by: D.J on April 22, 2008, 01:34:46 am

Ive tried all three =\

Title: Re: Rotating object in once positon??
Post by: hihosilver on April 22, 2008, 01:35:47 am

Remember about pivot points as well.  You want the pivot point of the bone in the center of the object.  Still, there's a better way to do this, and that's with scripts.  You can find a good rotational script Here (http://www.biederman.net/leslie/tutorials/ASL%20Scripting/Simple_scripts.htm).

Title: Re: Rotating object in once positon??
Post by: almost cool on April 22, 2008, 01:42:25 am

Do you mean like the rotational value of a wheel?

Title: Re: Rotating object in once positon??
Post by: D.J on April 22, 2008, 01:52:33 am

Thanks I'll give that a try and see if it works. And "Almost Cool," yes, like the rotation of a wheel