Hello Tom,
Doc from smcars.net referred you to me and suggest you may be able to help with a blender problem.
I am modelling and animating a large digger and have some of the hydraulic components parented to empties. when the arm rotates past a certain point the empties flip 180 degrees causing the hydraulic component (child) to flip also.
I would greatly value any help you can offer.
Hello Tom,
Doc from smcars.net referred you to me and suggest you may be able to help with a blender problem.
I am modelling and animating a large digger and have some of the hydraulic components parented to empties. when the arm rotates past a certain point the empties flip 180 degrees causing the hydraulic component (child) to flip also.
I would greatly value any help you can offer.
many thanks,
Peter Spencer
Indeed I’m one of the longest-time user of Blender on SMCars, but I’m not expert about what you’re tryingto do. Did you try to rig the model instead of just parenting ?
#1 by thomas stevens - July 31st, 2009 at 09:41
What is your lighting setup on that latest orange lamborghini render? and what is it reflecting?
#2 by Tom - July 31st, 2009 at 13:23
I used the SunSky feature integrated into Yafaray. So sun and sky color are computed automatically according to the position of the sun.
There is nothing to reflect, except the sky color and a large ground plane. The paint used is available for free here : http://www.thomasbaron.net/2009/01/tutorial-setting-up-yafaray-shaders/
#3 by Phil Foley - December 31st, 2009 at 15:26
Tom,
Great site and excellent work!
Phil
#4 by Peter Spencer - February 5th, 2010 at 01:55
Hello Tom,
Doc from smcars.net referred you to me and suggest you may be able to help with a blender problem.
I am modelling and animating a large digger and have some of the hydraulic components parented to empties. when the arm rotates past a certain point the empties flip 180 degrees causing the hydraulic component (child) to flip also.
I would greatly value any help you can offer.
many thanks,
Peter Spencer
#5 by Tom - February 8th, 2010 at 11:05
Indeed I’m one of the longest-time user of Blender on SMCars, but I’m not expert about what you’re tryingto do. Did you try to rig the model instead of just parenting ?
Otherwise, I suggest you to use the dedicated section on SMCars for Blender support : http://www.smcars.net/forums/blender