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Maybe!
Anyway, off the top of my head because I can't get to XSI at the moment, you
need to parent each cube under 3 nulls, each for x,y and z. Then when you do
your turns, you need to select the correct null on each of the 9 little
cubes you're rotating.
Something like that.
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf Of
kim aldis
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:18 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Rubik's Cube
It wasn't a gimbling, 3 axis, local rotation thing, was it Chris?
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Chris Marshall
Sent: 05 May 2004 15:10
To: XSI@(protected)
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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size=2>Maybe!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=164244714-05052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Anyway, off the top of my head because I can't get to XSI at the moment,
you need to parent each cube under 3 nulls, each for x,y and z. Then when you
do
your turns, you need to select the correct null on each of the 9 little cubes
you're rotating.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=164244714-05052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Something like that.</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 3:18 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
XSI@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Rubik's Cube<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609361714-05052004><FONT face=Arial
color=#008080 size=2>It wasn't a gimbling, 3 axis, local rotation thing, was
it Chris?</FONT></SPAN></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>Chris
Marshall<BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 May 2004 15:10<BR><B>To:</B>
XSI@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Rubik's Cube<BR></FONT><BR></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">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?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Sr.3D
Artist</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Snap5</SPAN></FONT>
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