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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: biglittlepictures on February 23, 2021, 12:28:09 AM

Title: Objects on conveyor belts
Post by: biglittlepictures on February 23, 2021, 12:28:09 AM

I have a scene where I am animating objects flowing on conveyor belts.  Sometime the belts get a little crazy, like spirals.  This makes the objects flip completely incorrectly and they don't stay "grounded".
Any advice in this scenario to remedy?
(https://www.biglittlepictures.com/blpwp/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/rc_screengrab-scaled.jpg)

Any advice appreciated.
-Joel

Title: Re: Objects on conveyor belts
Post by: Rokas on February 23, 2021, 08:20:14 AM

That's one of RailClone limitations.

if You enable rectangular shape representation on the shape You can see this figure:
(https://i.imgur.com/1XTCh4w.gif)

Similarly RailClone aligns segments to the spline as well:
(https://i.imgur.com/l7z5Oqy.png)


There is an option to make stepped segments deform:
(https://i.imgur.com/TiRtRS0.png)

But sadly, that won't work for this case:
(https://i.imgur.com/sDIhGXe.png)