Animating a rolling ball

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Hello,

I come from 3D Studio, and I have just started to learn Blender seriously with the intention to stop using 3D Studio in the near future.

Some time ago I did an animation in 3D Studio which involved a rolling ball following a path. The rolling movement was created with some mathematical forumlas which caused the ball to roll automatically in the correct direction whenever it was moved.

I was wondering if it’s possible to animate a rolling ball using a similar technique in Blender (maybe using Python?). I’ve been googling for some time with no luck.

Thanks

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Well, you could use the game engine and that would come along with physics, otherwise meh.

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easiest way is what venge said - game engine
you just need to make sure you bake the game movement to IPO curves for it to be rendered :slight_smile:

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I think he means that there is a path and ball should roll along it, right? You can’t do that easily in game-engine.

Maybe this will help.
http://www.opendimension.org/blender3d_en/rolling_along_path.php

Hope it helps.

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That was exactly what I was looking for! thanks! I’ll try it :slight_smile: