simple animated caterpillar track/continuous track?

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Hi forum,

I am relatively new to Blender and I am wondering what would be the best way to create a model with a simple animated caterpillar track (think about a Wall-e type robot or a tank). I found a very good Blender tutorial on caterpillar tracks in the BlenderArt Magazine - but this is very advanced and actually way too realistic for my purpose.

I am probably only looking for a good way to move a couple of flat boxes along a closed curve (preferably in the same speed the robot/tank/object moves forward or backward).

I will keep trying to figure this out myself and thus learn some more about Blender and I will post here once I found a way, but I am happy about any suggestions from more advanced users or if anyone knows a simple tutorial.

Cheers!
Anatol

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Hi,

this tutorial on how to create a simple caterpillar track works well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vs5sWNbtM

There was also a similar written tutorial (I think here in the forum) but I can’t find it any more.

Now I am just looking for a good way to control the movement of the caterpillar track/belt.

Cheers!
Anatol