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YJ90

11-05-2009, 01:32 PM

Hi,

Can someone please help me rig this; it's a ammo belt for a Chain Gun. I want the belt to be able to follow the Chain Gun as it rotates (look at second pic).

In the first pic, this is a rough outline of what the shape of the belt will look like (belt is in black). The real belt will just be thicker and have bullets on it.

Also if someone knows how i can feed the bullets into the Chain Gun.

In the second pic, I want the two red ellipses to be able to stay connected.

(1) http://img203.imageshack.us/i/chaingunbelt01.jpg/
(2) http://img402.imageshack.us/i/chaingunbelt0202.jpg/

Thanks in advance.

asataylor

11-06-2009, 02:07 PM

If its important and not for a game engine I'd say to use spline IK on the chain.

YJ90

11-06-2009, 08:15 PM

I did use Spline IK on the chain. But i didnt know how to constrain the end of the belt to the turret and the tip to the gun.

I found this link http://www.3d-palace.com/forum/written-tutorials/19367-max-ammo-belt-animation-2.html it's pretty much what i want but i couldn't follow it because it's in 3ds Max.

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