Advice Needed On Tank Track design.

[ILOVEDRAWING]

I am a 13 year old boy, and a huge tank and military enthusiast.
I am very inspired by some of the work by some members of this forum. And I would really like to create my own tank. Trouble is, I'm having a very hard time creating MOVING track. How to hold the links together and for them to move with the power of my sprocket powered from the motor.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Gaieus]

Hi "ILoveDrawing" and welcome to SCF!

I guess you are talking about SketchyPhyscs (which I do not use so cannot help personally) but we have a dedicated subforum for this under the "Extensions..." forum where I am moving your topic right now.

Hopefully some folks here will be able to help as I have seen several, cool implementations of tanks animated in SP (see some video examples below)

YouTube - Tiger Tank Sketchyphysics animation with TwilightRender
[flash=640,340:2w2o65c7]http://www.youtube.com/v/q3Lp-fAg0oM?fs=1[/flash:2w2o65c7]

YouTube - Tiger tank 3d sketchup model animation rigged with sketchyphysics
[flash=640,380:2w2o65c7]http://www.youtube.com/v/LHRXDq8fuPk?fs=1[/flash:2w2o65c7]

YouTube - British Challenger 2 tank. Sketchyphysics 3D animation
[flash=640,380:2w2o65c7]http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ebg7mylkiQ?fs=1[/flash:2w2o65c7]

YouTube - tanks rigged with sketchyphysics WIP Sketchup
[flash=640,380:2w2o65c7]http://www.youtube.com/v/tPtNcxG3fDw?fs=1[/flash:2w2o65c7]

YouTube - StugIII ausf.A animation Sketchyphysics SU
[flash=640,380:2w2o65c7]http://www.youtube.com/v/ipY8kgCbA94?fs=1[/flash:2w2o65c7]

All of these above seem to have been made by Shareck
who is also a member here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=17329

There is obviously some learning curve to achieve the level he did but I guess you have time so be persistent and soon we are going to enjoy your works here, too!

[robint]

@ilovedrawing said:

I am a 13 year old boy, and a huge tank and military enthusiast.
I am very inspired by some of the work by some members of this forum. And I would really like to create my own tank. Trouble is, I'm having a very hard time creating MOVING track. How to hold the links together and for them to move with the power of my sprocket powered from the motor.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

try this

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=33128&p=303084#p303084

i had a problem getting a chain to revolve without flying apart. its crude but shows it can work try the model and follow the thread

you may need to wait till sp4 as its proposing to have a facility to copy complete joints (bit difficult having to set up 50 individual tank tracks with joints - take forever)

cheers robin

[camokid11]

hello, i dont think i can help with proper tank tracks but in the past ive made fake tank tracks. They are simply part of the tank body set to Ignore which look similar to the tracks. depending how well they are made then can look amazing and realistic.

Searh on the 3D warehouse for Camokid11 and look at some of the tanks ive made and see how i did it.

if you need anymore help, just send me a message, and ill try and get back to you.

hope this helps

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Hello, Gaieus - what made you change your avatar?
Oh, and sorry for the OT.

[Rich O Brien]

That's not an Avatar, it's how he looks? I think you owe him an apology!

otherwise just google 'Simpsonmovie avatar'

[pilou]

About the creation of Avatar try that (section play)

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Hehe, thanks for the link!