RE: Need Help with Physics Engine Animations... 2004-01-18 - By ccoles_avengers
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Hi All,
I am a newbie to Carrara Studio 3 (as well as 3D Gfx) and this is my
first post to the list so your patience is most appreciated :) .
I have been experimenting with the phyisics engine and have been
sucessful with animating some test files using this feature but have
been stumped by certain anomalies which crop up in other files. For
example, when trying to animate a domino chip, I can successfully have
the chip drop down from the sky and bounce on the ground using a
downward directional force as well as have the chip knocked over
successfully by a rolling sphere. However, when I create a file that
only contains the chips (three chips in total w/o the sphere), I have
noticed that the chips literally GO THROUGH the infinite plane, as
well as go into directions that I never expected. Also, they don't
bounce like in the file containing just the single domino chip. They
go into weird positions and then drift either backwards or down
through the infinite plane.
Could anyone help me with this? What I am trying to eventually do is
to make a few dominoes fall down but have definitely run into snags
such as what I have described.
Any advice or links pointing towards more CS3 online physics tutorials
would be much appreciated.
Also, I read that the physics engine can be turned "off" when making
modifications to objects, etc. For some reason I can not find that
particular feature and the only way I have been turning the physics
engine "off" is by switching to a different type of motion for each
object when making changes. Somehow, this doesn't seem right. Right
now, unless there are major changes, I don't change the motion type
and keep the physics engine active all the time. However, if someone
can share with me where in CS3 I can locate the "physics engine
on/off" feature/setting, I'd be much obliged. :)
Thank you for your help.
"Selocic"
PS - I currently only have web access to these messages so please
excuse any delay in my responses. Thank you.
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