• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Tough Problem – Special Object Rotation

  Posted by Philipp Herzberg on July 19, 2015 at 7:30 pm

  Hey guys,

  So, I’m trying to get a cylinder to “precess” – that’s the motion that a spin top or gyroscope does as it drops in speed. It looks something like this:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cquvA_IpEsA&t=1m28s

  The top of the object draws increasingly larger circles, like a dome-shaped spiral. The bottom part of the cylinder stays fixed in the same position.
  I had the idea of drawing a spline in the shape of a done-shaped spiral and let the top part of the cylinder follow it, but that fails on so many different levels.

  Now I’m desperate for a stroke of insight!
  Any help would be great!
  Thanks!

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  Adam Trachtenberg replied 11 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Brian Jones

  July 19, 2015 at 9:13 pm

  helix works pretty well for a while – are you looking for the landing as well?

  9056_precessiontrial.c4d.zip
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  Adam Trachtenberg

  July 20, 2015 at 9:49 pm

  You may be able to do this with Cinema’s dynamics. I had a rudimentary setup that was actually working pretty well last night when (I think) my motherboard bit the dust. So I think you owe me $300. 😉

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