Subject: Re: Spinning an Object
From: Karl Frederick <[email-masked]>
To: mailist Lightwave <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 23:01:09 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 15 Feb 1995, TV wrote:

> 
> >  I have a helicopter, the blades and the tail rotor spin 
> > independently of the body of the craft.  
> > 
> 
> You don't really even need to have a null object. Just parent the rotors 
> to the body. Wherever you move the body, the rotors will stay right 
<snip>

Close.  Also, read the section on Gimbal Lock.  It describes the exact 
situtation of parented objects, you need.
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-Karl                     .
Karl Frederick               .
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