Sliding Objects

middle_watch

Having just got the hang of opening cupboard doors and what not the next logical step would be to have opening and closing drawers, but searching for a tutorial has stumped me. Is it possible? I have been experimenting with very long bones to simulate a sliding movement but I know the radius is still there and it just does not feel right.

I am looking at pose controls here, I know how to animate a sliding action.

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

maclean

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do. A drawer sliding open is normally just a Ztrans movement, so a Pose Control isn't really necessary. Although if you wanted one - for example, to have all the controls grouped together for ease of access - you would simply create a new property, link the Ztrans to it, and set the Scalar to the appropriate value.

If you're doing something different, such as having some sort of multiple sliding action, you'd need to set it up in the timeline, then ERC freeze it. An image of what you're doing would help.

 

middle_watch

Appreciate that, will look into it and post up the working solution or what I am aiming for as soon as.poss