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bluemana
02-23-2009, 08:14 PM
How should i do for instance a robot that walks, but its arms are broken so they are not rigid, they are just moving by gravity and intertia... Is there any way to do a joint that is affected by gravity???

Thank You!
DJ-Nicke
02-26-2009, 10:36 PM
What version of Maya are you animating in?

You can use this plugin:
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/mel_scripts/animation/secondaryMotion-4855.html

But you'll get the arms intersecting with the body geometry.

If you have nCloth, I'd use nCloth to drive the limbs and set them to collide with the body.
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