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From: Dan Ablan <dma@mcs.net>
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Subject: Re: Map/Math motion
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Will Mendez wrote:
> Can anyone here explain in detail what this plug-in does? Is it a Biped
> killer?
MapMotion is a motion plugin that makes animating attached motions
much easier. Although complex to set up, once the object and
it's moving parts are in place, moving a null is all that is needed.
Lets say you have a car, and set up four wheels' rotation.
By using the MapMotion.p, simply moving the car moves the wheels.
Move the car backwards, and the wheels move backwards. Have the
car turn a right corner, and the right side wheels slow down.
The other example at NAB was a termite with lots of little legs.
After all was set up, the termite null was moved, and the
little legs walked. The termite was moved backwards, and the