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A Quick Method for Creating Automatic Wheel Rotation Animation in Modo 601

By September 5, 2012No Comments

Andy Probst takes a look at a method for quickly auto-rotating a tire in modo´s schematic view. Andy also shows how you are able to add your own animation on top of the auto rotation animation which is helpful for creating things like aircraft landing gear where the wheel rotation needs to stop once the plane’s tires no longer have contact with the ground.

Matt Cox had a previous tutorial for a similar method for rigging an automatic wheel rotation in Modo using a revolve channel modifier in the schematic view to make the connections necessary to have the wheels rotate automatically when moved in a straight line or in a curve like a turn.

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