Mechanical Rigging?

[lakcaj]

Hi. I usually model inorganic things - like robots, cars, things of that nature. After I get done modelling them, I’d really like to pose them, but I can’t find any tutorials on how to rig an inorganic model using the newer versions of blender. I did find a tutorial on rigging something like a mechanical spider, but I don’t think it is relevent any more. So, blender community, how do I go about rigging a model that is made up of more than one mesh, and where I don’t want any deformations?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

lakcaj

[SoylentGreen]

@lakcaj

Hi. I usually model inorganic things - like robots, cars, things of that nature. After I get done modelling them, I’d really like to pose them, but I can’t find any tutorials on how to rig an inorganic model using the newer versions of blender. I did find a tutorial on rigging something like a mechanical spider, but I don’t think it is relevent any more. So, blender community, how do I go about rigging a model that is made up of more than one mesh, and where I don’t want any deformations?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

lakcaj

Rigging mechanics is very easy.

1. Create the rig. You will find
   http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/PartIX/The_Non_Linear_Animation_Editor_Window_(NLA)
   helpfull.
2. Set the armature to pose mode. Select the object, shift-select the respective bone. Ctrl-p -> Bone.

That’s it. Probably you want to make heavy use of constraints, especially the action constraint.

[lakcaj]

Thanks alot - I finally got it

[Xss]

Big thanks for the tips i was looking it for a week