Hi all
Since the beginning of the week, I've been using the Motion Manager to create small animations to simply present operating principles to my clients.
Currently, I'm trying to make an animation showing the principle of a manual packing station: it's simple (or not), I have an assembly composed of two racks, a box (product) and a thermal welding station. What I would like to show is my box that comes out of the first rack, which goes over the welding station (rotational movements and transfer of the product from one turntable to another) and then storage of the box from the welding station to the second rack. As a result, I have a company that makes a "bastard" journey since its passage from the lockers to my welding station is done manually.
My problem is that almost all the tutorials I found on the internet (youtube, Lynkoa...) allow you to make animations on very simple assemblies. I now master the camera movements on my animation but I have a lot of trouble making my box move as I want, I have a lot of problems with constraints and I can't find anything as a tutorial that could explain such a complicated move...
Well, when I read it again, it's not at all clear so I'll summarize for you:
Principle:
-I am looking to create an animation that represents the journey of a box that is carried by an employee who puts it on a workstation.
-Once at the workstation, the box is placed on a tray which makes a translation and then rotation movement.
-Afterwards, the box is carried again by an employee who will place it on another turntable
-Finally, my box is carried by an employee who puts it in a locker.
Problem:
-I can't find any tutorials showing how to move an object according to such a complex movement (my box moves in a vacuum when the employee is supposed to carry it)
-I can't find a way to move a tray with the box on it in two distinct movements (translation then rotation) and then remove the box from this tray.
-All my problems come for the most part from constraints because I think that my methodology and my basics in animation are insufficient but I can't find anything that could put me back on the "right path"
-Main blockage: moving my box in the air according to a defined path and movement of two objects in common then separation of these two objects (my box on my tray which makes a movement of translation then rotation, then separation of the plate and the box)
I know how to do it:
-My camera movements
•Simple translation/rotation movements with motor function
-Insert gravity (useless for this study I think, or maybe just punctually)
- Create an exploded view and animate it (gathering, exploded...)
Question:
-Would you know of video tutorials well explained in French or tutorials written in English that would allow me to deepen my basics in animation and movement study?
-Does anyone have an SW file that includes motion studies that would resemble (directly or indirectly) what I want to do?
-Is it possible for me to realize that it is even possible?
Thank you in advance for your answers!!
Cdt
Joss.G