BxHBxH
02-10-2003, 02:15 PM
Hey there everyone,
I'm trying to animate the front end steering for a small lego car and I'm having all sorts of problems getting it to rig up correctly with IK. If you open the file found here:
http://www.bxhdesigns.com/linkage_help.zip
(note I'm working in max 4.26)
Here's a screen shot:
http://www.bxhdesigns.com/linkage_help.jpg
you can see what I'm trying to do. Basically there is a rack and pinion setup that is esentially driving a 4 bar linkage to steer the wheels of the car. Unfortunatley I can't seem to figure out how to rig the links so I can move the rack side to side and have the wheels turn as they should.
Ultimately I want to rig it up such that I can turn the steering wheel and the rack will translate side-to-side, but one thing at a time I guess... :)
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
-brian hill
www.bxhdesigns.com
I'm trying to animate the front end steering for a small lego car and I'm having all sorts of problems getting it to rig up correctly with IK. If you open the file found here:
http://www.bxhdesigns.com/linkage_help.zip
(note I'm working in max 4.26)
Here's a screen shot:
http://www.bxhdesigns.com/linkage_help.jpg
you can see what I'm trying to do. Basically there is a rack and pinion setup that is esentially driving a 4 bar linkage to steer the wheels of the car. Unfortunatley I can't seem to figure out how to rig the links so I can move the rack side to side and have the wheels turn as they should.
Ultimately I want to rig it up such that I can turn the steering wheel and the rack will translate side-to-side, but one thing at a time I guess... :)
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
-brian hill
www.bxhdesigns.com