Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 13:22:58 +1000
From: imagine-relay@email.sp.paramax.com

Here's a diagram of a cycle object I'm using to simulate a piston and 
cylinder.  X is a rotation point. 

                /                                                  
              X                                                    
            /       <-- piston                                     
          /                                                       
    arm /                                                          
      /          \   
    /             \  <-- cylinder                                            
   X________________X______                                        
          arm
This works ok but I have to be absolutely sure that I have the piston and 
cylinder rotations correct otherwise it doesn't look right.  Can you 
think of a better way so that piston and cylinder are aligned automatically?
I tried bones but it didn't really work the way I wanted it to.
Email me if you can do this easily using some other software package.

Thanks,

Ed Totman
etotman@gort.ucsd.edu




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