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Y-Guy

03-13-2002, 09:34 AM

Hello, I am a long time MAX user, and I need to know how to make my tank treds move and rotate along the wheels. In general, I am in need of help on setting the wheels in motion too.

Any help on this subject would be much apreciated. Thank you.

lostpencil

03-13-2002, 11:18 PM

There is a tank tread tutorial in "Mastering the Art of Production with 3ds Max 4". Perhaps that would help.

Y-Guy

03-17-2002, 04:40 AM

Thx for the tip, but I dont really feel like buying the book, do you have any pointers on how to make them move?

lostpencil

03-17-2002, 04:46 AM

Well the tutorial on the tread is about 13 pages. It's worth a buy. But the idea seems to be to create a path for the final shape of the tread and then deform the track using the PathDeform modifier.

johnny_riptide

03-17-2002, 07:24 AM

Y-Guy,

Have a look at this tutorial (http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/cattrack/cattrack.asp)

Hope this helps.

Y-Guy

03-27-2002, 07:23 AM

THX! That tutorial did it! awsome!
Thx alot again to all the replyers.

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