schmoron13 Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 have a dilema and I wanted to know if anyone could help. I'm an inexperienced 3d modeler/animator with a background in AutoCAD (14, 2000, 2002) who landed a gig doing 3d graphics/animations for an Earthquake Engineering Non-profit. I've been working with 3ds Max 5 for a couple of months, but havn't even had time to do EVERY tutorial yet. My boss asked me to do a quick animation of what happens to a wood 2x4 (sill plate) that is anchored to cement below and a wall. As the wall rotates, it causes the joined wood to follow, but since it is anchored to cement, the wood eventually gives and cracks underneath. Is there a way to animate this? Reactor maybe?....I need HELP!!!! and none of the books or resources I have found seem to help!!! At the very least, I was wondering if you have any tips for just cracking a wood beam. Thanks in advance for everyone's help, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 maybe this file will help you a little bit.... allthough I would split the beam into three parts, and bend them. and remove the bend when it snaps... just play around with it..... the beam is in a group wich is open... good luck, only had 5 minutes so,.,.,.,thats why its not that fine-tuned.. http://www.3idee.nl/cgarchitect/brokenwood01.max cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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