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Bumax
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 18:28
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I created an animated object and exported with panda plugin in X format...everything go well since I try to rotate the wheels on my low poly car model...after setting the pivot centered on each wheel I anim it and the result in DBPRO are two wheels with their coordinates wrong...where is the mistake?
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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 18:30
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I think you need to xref all of your objects before you export

file > xref

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actarus
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 18:34
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3D Studio MAX HELP=F1

...And I'm gone...
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Genesis Rage
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 19:46
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when exporting with pandasoft's exporter... i have found out that the pivot point is the scene center... no matter what you do with the objects actual pivot point... a major pain to myself, which im trying to find out how to change this

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Bumax
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Thanks about your reply I hope my english is ok to let me understand everytime! I didn't use Xref because the animation is on the same object...usually I think (never used before) the Xref well used when I have to import other object into a scene without affecting the coordinates?...My problem is that I would like to put the wheels and the body of the car into a single object so moving the pivot centered the wheel (so the rotation axis is in the same position of that of the wheels)..I try animating only 1 wheel but the problem is not solved!
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Bumax
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 20:17
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...the body of the car is created by a single box mesh-edited and the wheels are 4 cilynders modified...it's just to tell you exactly what I got...thanks
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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 20:20
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You could select the entire car and turn it into a group, that'd create a single rotation point.

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Bumax
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 20:25
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Ok, I will try this way...thanks
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Bumax
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 20:38
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...using a group I can't be able to rotate the wheels...a group give me one Pivot!...is perhaps the panda exporter the problem?
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Genesis Rage
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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 20:48
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dont think so... ive used microsoft's exporter and it does the same thing... your best bet (i think) would actually make 3 objects...

car
right front wheel
left front wheel

it shouldnt be hard putting in some code that would position the tires in the right spot when the car moves

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