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    branch-drunk last edited by Dr. Sassi Oct 8, 2023, 3:57 AM Oct 4, 2023, 2:16 PM

    Greetings.

    I wonder if someone could give me a little advice how to setup a Special Animation.

    I have some Dragon Rigs and i want to animate a Flythrough Seqquence.

    The Problem is how can i Set the Mesh to two Null Points and how to Animate them.
    If i use Splines i have to fix a Null Object to the Spline. But how to make the Rotation and the Drifting of the Dragon ? If my Dragon takes a Turn and he is very high he will move teh Rotation of the fixed Null. The rotation would be hard.

    On the other Side, if i just move the Dragon along two Move Keys it would work if he is flying straigt. But how to handle if he turns Manouvers ?

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      Dr. Sassi last edited by Dr. Sassi Oct 4, 2023, 6:29 PM Oct 4, 2023, 6:28 PM

      Hi branch-drunk,

      To use two Nulls, the Target Tag will work; eventually, you might need a third Null (Up-Vector) to avoid problems.

      Below is a Spline-based solution with a Rail. The Rail field will be available after you enable the Tangent Check box.
      CV4_2024_dr_23_ANrt_01.c4d

      Is that working for you?

      All the best

      Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
      Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
      Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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