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  • TodCast #25 Fluid Tips Using Layers and 3rd Party Compositing
    In the past I’ve shown some fluid techniques with http://www.3dmojo.com/2008/05/15/3dvia-your-ipod-70-simulating-fluid-flow-in-a-tube/ This episode shows some nice tips if you are going to use 3rd party composting packages.Using selection sets to help render out layers gives you added flexibility and control. Goat
    Tod CRUIKSHANK
  • TodCast #24 R2014x Latest Features
    Take a peek at the latest features in R2014x Composer.  If you have not tried it yet, you can download a free trial at http://www.3ds.com/products-services/3dvia/3dvia-composer/resource-center/free-trial you can also grab the latest fact sheet here. http://www2.3ds.com/fileadmin/PRODUCTS/3DVIA/3DVIAComposer/3DVIA-Composer-R2014x-Fact-Sheet.pdf Enjoy   Goat
    Tod CRUIKSHANK
  • TodCast #23 Animation Organization Techniques
    This episode I’ve decided to revisit using Selection sets and Filters to help organize and edit your animations. Remember, naming selections in proper order can be a very powerful asset when editing your animation. Enjoy,   Goat
    Tod CRUIKSHANK
  • Copy Keys
    For most of you this is a refresher on one of the capabilities within 3DVIA Composer Authoring. When animating repetitive tasks it is helpful to utilize the “Copy Selected Tracks of the Selected Actors” from the context menu in the timeline. In this example I am applying a rotation to a single bolt and then […]
    Tim HORSCH
  • Building a configurator application
    There have been many requests for an instruction on how to build a configurator application. Actually, it’s not so difficult to build such an application if you have good understandings of views in Composer and some knowledge of HTML coding. Here is a procedure you can follow. In this tutorial, we just use the GotoView() […]
    Shuji MOCHIDA

TodCast #3: Animating Conveyors

July 29, 2011 Posted in  3DVIA, CAD reuse, Podcasts, Tips and Tricks 5 comments

For those of us in the northern hemisphere — hot enough for ya? Welcome to the dog days of summer! To help keep you cool, Tod has put together a set of tips and tricks that will turn complicated animations into quick and easy work — getting you out of the hot seat, on your way home, and into your hammock in no time!

Tod shows how powerful yet easy it is to mix up and incorporate some advanced stuff: assembly groups, parent/inherited animations, assembly selection mode, grid snapping, primitives, timeline filtering by selected objects… just to name a few.

Enjoy!

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5 comments to TodCast #3: Animating Conveyors

  • August 31, 2011 at 1:17 pm
    Jaz Lee  says:

    This is a great video thanks for sharing. I stumbled across it when researching about conveyorsand conveyor systems.

  • July 13, 2012 at 9:42 am
    Georgina Clark  says:

    This is really clever stuff what you can do. Can you do that kind of thing with these conveyors?

  • September 6, 2012 at 9:05 pm
    Tod  says:

    Hi Georgina,
    Sorry I did not notice teh post but absolutly you can do this kind of animation on the conveyers you linked to.
    Hopefully you can have fun animating conveyers in Composer yourself.

    Tod

  • December 12, 2012 at 6:28 am
    Heather Nowton  says:

    Cool video. I would love to have a go at animating this