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General Category => General CG Discussion => Topic started by: lolec on 2022-02-21, 03:42:56

Title: How would you approach this mechanical rig in MAX ?
Post by: lolec on 2022-02-21, 03:42:56

I rarely need to do animation so I'm a noob at it. I've been struggling to solve this for almost a week, hopefully someone can give me a tip that unlocks my brain.

Here is what I need to animate in max:
https://share.getcloudapp.com/nOu9ZPn0
(https://p191.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/nOu9ZPn0/1a4fa3f1-cbd9-49df-b196-231f81bf2d2d.gif?v=59f36f902a8f8437a9ba41e675d387cf)

Here is what I got so far doing manual animation (the green cylinders are supposed to overlap at all times.):
https://share.getcloudapp.com/yAukErYQ
(https://p191.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/yAukErYQ/2bfe589b-9a18-4c0a-bc2c-4c2cb91339c7.gif?source=viewer&v=999e98f3623309f4f42377a9d691d5f5)

Manually animating both groups to match is impossible, so i'm thinking on creating some kind of rig that locks the green cylinders together. but I have no idea on how to do that.

Anything will be appreciated :)