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I've been thinking about it and must agree that it must be a freaking nightmare
to setup!
Kudos for the mental challenge!
niko
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From: Chris Marshall
To: XSI@(protected)
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: Rubik's Cube
Well, I had to animate one of these things recently and it is a nightmare.
You do a couple of turns and all works fine. Then you set-up the third turn and
key it, still it all looks fine. But when you play it back, everything goes
pair shaped in a big way. The rotations get all buggered-up and it's a real
head-blower to figure out.
In the end I managed to get about 5 or 6 turns completed. I'll dig out the
scene and re-cap on how it was parented.
Chris
-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf Of
kim aldis
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:50 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Rubik's Cube
have you opened up a Rubik's cube to see how it works? It's quite elegant
and you should be able to make it work in Xsi, after all, there's nothing in
there that attaches and detaches cubes to and from each other.
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Byron Nash
Sent: 05 May 2004 14:44
To: xsi@(protected)
Subject: Rubik's Cube
I'm trying to think of a good way to animate a Rubik's cube. The most
obvious way that I can think of is to manually turn off and on a bunch of
constraints to nulls. Has anyone come across this before? Any tips or
suggestions?
Thanks.
Byron Nash
Sr.3D Artist
Snap5
704-561-7764
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been thinking about it and must agree that it
must be a freaking nightmare to setup!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kudos for the mental challenge!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>niko</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=chris@(protected)
href="mailto:chris@(protected)">Chris Marshall</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Rubik's Cube</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=179050714-05052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Well, I had to animate one of these things recently and it is a
nightmare. You do a couple of turns and all works fine. Then you set-up the
third turn and key it, still it all looks fine. But when you play it back,
everything goes pair shaped in a big way. The rotations get all buggered-up
and it's a real head-blower to figure out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=179050714-05052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
the end I managed to get about 5 or 6 turns completed. I'll dig out the scene
and re-cap on how it was parented.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=179050714-05052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Chris</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2>-- --Original Message-- --<BR><B>From:</B> owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]<B>On Behalf Of </B>kim
aldis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
XSI@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Rubik's Cube<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#008080 size=2><SPAN
class=203274813-05052004>have you opened up a Rubik's cube to see how it
works? It's quite elegant and you should be able to make it work in Xsi,
after all, there's nothing in there that attaches and detaches cubes to and
from each other.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Byron
Nash<BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 May 2004 14:44<BR><B>To:</B>
xsi@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> Rubik's Cube<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Im trying to think of a good
way to animate a Rubiks cube. The most obvious way that I can think of
is
to manually turn off and on a bunch of constraints to nulls. Has anyone
come across this before? Any tips or suggestions?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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Artist</SPAN></FONT></P>
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