Comments on: Rigging a Piston http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/ Blender Tutorials and Training Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shayne Mcward http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-63452 Shayne Mcward Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:08:30 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-63452 When I initially commented I clicked the notify myself if new responses are added and then when a opinion is added I get many emails with the exact same comment. Will there be anyway you'll be able to remove people from that service? Many thanks! When I initially commented I clicked the notify myself if new responses are added and then when a opinion is added I get many emails with the exact same comment. Will there be anyway you’ll be able to remove people from that service? Many thanks!

]]> By: Elwin http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-504 Elwin Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:44:15 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-504 Well...I just answered my own question (by doing your wonderful tutorial, of course!). It does work on three planes. Now if I could just figure out how to constrain a piston to move along something other than a major axis... Well…I just answered my own question (by doing your wonderful tutorial, of course!). It does work on three planes. Now if I could just figure out how to constrain a piston to move along something other than a major axis…

]]> By: Elwin http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-503 Elwin Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:35:10 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-503 This looks VERY interesting. One question. The video only shows the whole assembly moving in one plane (looks like X-Z, maybe?), but will it work in all three planes? This looks VERY interesting. One question. The video only shows the whole assembly moving in one plane (looks like X-Z, maybe?), but will it work in all three planes?

]]> By: William Kirk http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-502 William Kirk Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:40:34 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-502 Very good tutorial as always. Thanks for the help. Very good tutorial as always. Thanks for the help.

]]> By: Gary Parkin http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-501 Gary Parkin Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:45:08 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-501 Awesome tutorial, Jonathan. I'm loving using Blender for mechanical parts. Lyle and Lace, to set your object's pivot, select your object, tap the Tab key to go into Edit Mode. Then position the 3d cursor (the life preserver thingy) where you want it to rotate from. This can be done by selecting 2 faces of different sides of the object, then Shift S and choose "Cursor To Selection". After you get it where you want it, tap the Tab key again and it seemed to do nothing. Press the Center Cursor button on the Editing Menu (F9). This will set you up with a rotation and scaling point. If you can set it exactly without going into Edit mode then omit the first part. If there's an easier way to do it, someone please let me know, as I'm still learning too. ~G Awesome tutorial, Jonathan. I’m loving using Blender for mechanical parts.

Lyle and Lace, to set your object’s pivot, select your object, tap the Tab key to go into Edit Mode. Then position the 3d cursor (the life preserver thingy) where you want it to rotate from. This can be done by selecting 2 faces of different sides of the object, then Shift S and choose “Cursor To Selection”.
After you get it where you want it, tap the Tab key again and it seemed to do nothing. Press the Center Cursor button on the Editing Menu (F9).
This will set you up with a rotation and scaling point. If you can set it exactly without going into Edit mode then omit the first part.

If there’s an easier way to do it, someone please let me know, as I’m still learning too.

~G

]]> By: SuprDave http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-500 SuprDave Thu, 13 May 2010 21:46:20 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-500 Nice tutorial. I followed it and here's what I got. Using blender 2.5 alpha 2 [URL=http://tinypic.com/r/xq05d2/5]View My Video[/URL] Nice tutorial. I followed it and here’s what I got.
Using blender 2.5 alpha 2
[URL=http://tinypic.com/r/xq05d2/5]View My Video[/URL]

]]> By: George http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-499 George Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:28:14 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-499 Fantastic tutorial! It was very informative and easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to create this. Fantastic tutorial! It was very informative and easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to create this.

]]> By: Dominik http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-498 Dominik Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:56:43 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-498 Finally.....After a few Hours and watching this tutorial many....maaaaaany times i figured it out :) But i got a question Jonathan. It's the same as a comment above. What i have to do when i insert more zylinders in my piston?! Is it more difficult? Finally…..After a few Hours and watching this tutorial many….maaaaaany times i figured it out :) But i got a question Jonathan. It’s the same as a comment above. What i have to do when i insert more zylinders in my piston?! Is it more difficult?

]]> By: Dominik http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-497 Dominik Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:19:01 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-497 Nice tutorial but it doesn't work for me :( I've tried it many times and i don't know what i do wrong. The most problems occur while selecting the proper axis. Nice tutorial but it doesn’t work for me :( I’ve tried it many times and i don’t know what i do wrong. The most problems
occur while selecting the proper axis.

]]> By: 23dornot23d http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/21/rigging-a-piston/#comment-496 23dornot23d Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:06 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=666#comment-496 Great ..... Thank you, very much for the quick response .... I have started trying to create my own tutorial ..... its harder than it looks but I shall continue trying ..... great work again and cheers for all the links I will start to work through the rest of your tutorials ..... and hopefully learn how to use blender .... I tended in the past to take the models I create into Blender as 3ds files from using Wings3d which I learned initially to quickly model objects up ... now that your demonstrations and tutorials have shown me some of the power of this brilliant program I will start to use it more ...... 23dornot23d .... ;) Great …..

Thank you, very much for the quick response ….

I have started trying to create my own tutorial ….. its harder than it looks

but I shall continue trying ….. great work again and cheers for all the links

I will start to work through the rest of your tutorials ….. and hopefully

learn how to use blender ….

I tended in the past to take the models I create into Blender as 3ds files

from using Wings3d which I learned initially to quickly model objects up …

now that your demonstrations and tutorials have shown me some of the power of this

brilliant program I will start to use it more ……

23dornot23d …. ;)

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