I am trying to animate this coil spring as shown in this video below: [SpringLoop] But the spring also has a deformed extension that doesn’t spring as shown here: [image] I Tried following my thread here but it doesn’t work. [lemon] Trying to create realistic …

See here - [image] Spring armature Animation and Rigging Hello everyone and happy holidays and a happy new year I found this tutorial https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/148794/can-anyone-help-me-rig-a-watch-escapement where you see an animated spiral spring. …

First check the video I posted. The coil moves quite differently. I have also mentioned a better yet incomplete solution in the question on Blender stackexchange. And that question also has the link of the question you posted included. Basically, that animation is wrong.

I guess it’s almost impossible. Anyway here is something if anyone is good with nodes: [image] Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.

How can I animate this coil spring realistically

Support Animation and Rigging

revolt_randy (revolt_randy) January 8, 2025, 2:35pm 2

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