Forum: Carrara


Subject: Can I create a gyroscope in Carrara without a plugin?

stardust opened this issue on May 07, 2007 · 29 posts


AndyCLon posted Tue, 08 May 2007 at 1:40 AM

To support multiple contraints or multiple independent motions on objects I've found that adding extra groups helps, you can add one constraint to the object and one to the group.

For example, for the unicycle trick mentioned in the last post I used separate groups to allow me to have 2 centres of rotation, one for it in the air and one when it hits the ground, a wobble motion, a slow updown motion linked to the progress along the wire and a motion path for the falling.

Otherwose you might have to resort to a plugin such as the Digital Carvers Guild cognito plugin, again you will need to use groups to have your spinning things rotating in different directions. There's a free download to experiment with.