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[mak1234us]

hi guys.plz help me.how can i move two objects on same path at different time.when ever i m picking path for two objects, both the objects are moving at same time ..plz help.

[manta]

just clone the path so there are two paths and two objects...

[Nic H]

read the manual

[mak1234us]

thax a ton..but the proble is i want to give a time gap between the motion of the two bodies...but even if i pick the cloned path they both start moving at same time

[ihabkal]

you just need to move the keyframes of the second object, if you select it you will see them at the bottom as two red rectangles in the track bar, one at 0 and the other at the end of the bar, move them to the right the amont of time you need the animation to be delayed.

[amer abidi]

no need to clone the path, just the object.

 

When you clone an abject already assigned to a path constraint using the shift key, it clones the object restrained to that path, so holding down the shift key you can choose exactly where you want your clone to lie along the path, and so when you play your animation afterwards both objects start from their respective location along the path.

 

Simple tutorial to guide you through:

 

1- create a path (spline)

2- create a sphere

3- from the motion panel, click position and the small "assign controller" button on top and pick path constraint from the drop down menu.

4- from the new path constraint window, click on "pick path" and select your spline. The sphere is now assigned ot the path and you can test it by playing back the animation.

 

5- to duplicate another clone of your sphere, pick it and shift-drag it. yuo will notice it is constraint to the spline. drag to desired location and select "copy" from the clone options

 

playing back your animation now will show you two spheres moving along the same path at different locations.

 

 

This is one way of doing it. Other wise, you always have the "% along Path" option wich you can set a percentage along which you would like your object constraint to your path. (eg. 50% starts off halfway along)

 

hope this answers your query.

[mak1234us]

thax again ....clonig the object solved my problem to an extent.but as soon one object reachs the end it diapears..is there any way so that the first object reaches and dont gey diappear at the end of path and second object follows the first one at the end.

Edited December 31, 2008 by mak1234us

[amer abidi]

thax again ....clonig the object solved my problem to an extent.but as soon one object reachs the end it diapears..is there any way so that the first object reaches and dont gey diappear at the end of path and second object follows the first one at the end.

 

Just follow the earlier steps i mentioned and then untick "loop" in the path parameters rollout options.

[mak1234us]

that was really great.....thx a lot bro abidi