Rotation

This next post project was to how to rotate a box so that it is folding up. I had to create the boxes together and make them link so that they would move altogether.


I had to create a dummy box so that it will affect all the other boxes. To create the dummy i just used the dummy tool, it snaps it to the edges of the corner and another box is added.

To create the hindges i used the linking icon and then selected the first box and then the second box and then the thrid one and so on. Below is a screendump of me linking the boxes together. The boxes have to be the same size so i placed one and using the snap tool snaped the second box along side the 1st box so they are in line.


I then wanted to create a animation so that the boxes will fold up. to do this i clicked teh auto key which made the timeline go red. Then click on the first key and then on teh 20th, created a key and on the 30th changed teh pivot of teh 1st dummy to 90o. A screen shot is below.

I then selected the second dummy, inserted the key frames from the start and than at the 4oth key frame, did the same as i did the first time. I did this for the next box after and this created my animation of the box folding up. I liked this simple animation and the useage of the linking.