Animating a rotationg crank

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# 1 18-02-2003 , 04:32 AM

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I have been trying for two days to get this thing to work so any help would be greatly appreciated. I have modeled a crankshaft,connecting rods and pistons for a V-8 engine. All piviot points are centerd where there suppose to be. Ihave tried all sorts of parenting chains and constraints nothing seems to work. I want the crankshaft to rotate with the connecting rod following and the piston going up and down as a real engine does. Again any help would be much appreciated.

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# 2 18-02-2003 , 04:40 AM

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Maybe you can use Set Driven Keys? That should work

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# 3 18-02-2003 , 05:46 AM

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can you attach the mb

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# 4 18-02-2003 , 02:31 PM

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Set driven key would be the best.... Just set keys for the positions of the pistons. So when he crank shaft moves the pistons will follow.

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