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Animate car wheels through Wire Parameter
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Wire Parameters in 3dsmax is a powerful feature that makes animating objects simple. In this step by strep 3d tutorial lets see how to use this feature to animate a simple teapot car.The teapot car is made out of a teapot and four cylinders for tyres as shown below.Now, when the car moves forward or backward the wheel has to rotate accordingly. Instead of animating the wheels manually we can automate it through parameter wiring. Parameter is nothing but any value that can be modified, eg: Width, height, rotation values etc.Wiring the wheel:
Step 1:Select all the wheels and click on the 'Select and link' button, now place your mouse on the wheels, the cursor changes, now click on one of the wheels and you will see four dotted lines from all the four wheels, drag and leave it on the teapot, to link the wheels to the teapot, so that the wheels move along with the teapot.Step 4: After selecting X Position move your mouse pointer, you will see a dotted line following, then click on one of the wheels.
Step 1:Select all the wheels and click on the 'Select and link' button, now place your mouse on the wheels, the cursor changes, now click on one of the wheels and you will see four dotted lines from all the four wheels, drag and leave it on the teapot, to link the wheels to the teapot, so that the wheels move along with the teapot.Step 4: After selecting X Position move your mouse pointer, you will see a dotted line following, then click on one of the wheels.