Hi,

I just finished modeling and imac and i need to animate it to take steps(from side to side), but am stuck with rigging. Have tried parenting the imac to some controls it didn't work. Please if...

Actually am in am third year at university, so dropping out is very hard. But the problem is i don't want to waste any time more time so i have started laying my hands on some 3d stuffs and i think...

sorry for reply later. I have been try out some animation and i think keyframing every single thing is better, but very tedious. I guess that is where the hardwork is.

thank for the anwsers.

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But how do i combine dynamics and keyframing?

Is there any kind of constraint in maya that can prevent surfaces from intersecting?

Thanks for the tips, i will try them out very soon.

passive and rigid bodies can only be used with dynamics

please i will like to know if there is anyway you can avoid sufaces from intersecting. For instance if am to animate a guy jumping on a table and i don't want the legs to pass through the table. How...

Am not planning to go into games, i just want to create hi-res models and animate and some visual effects. so i don't think i need some serious maths for that.