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Animating Pivot point?
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How can a pivot point of an object can be animated? I need to animate a box rollover animation, where the box first roll over on the ground & it climbs on to a wall nearby. I tried with the connection editor, by linking a locators translate to the box pivotrotatetranslate or so., Do U guys have any suggestions on this?.,.



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Here’s a little workaround that might work for you - it’s not overly practical but if you plan your shots well and use a little creative camera work this can accomplish what you’re looking for.  At the very least it’s a fun exercise if you enjoy the geometry of it all.  See attached PDF file and AVI file.  Let me know what you think of it either way.

NOTE: No matter what I do, I simply cannot get the AVI file to attach to this post.  The PDF should suffice.



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