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Help with animation

mendiola_loyola

mendiola_loyola

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Dear all:

I have made a rotation beacon, but in FSX i see the correct circle shape only in the front and in the back, but if i see the beacon from the right or left i see the beacon like an oval instead of like a circle.


Circle
|
v
Oval--->Beacon<---Oval
^
|
Circle


In 3ds max the animation is perfect but in FSX there is a problem.

Please help me.

I'm attaching the source for you, please try it.

Thanks.
Alfredo Mendiola Loyola
Lima Perú
 
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Did you specify a range of 0 to 160 in the Animation Manager?

You are likely seeing an "oval" from oblique angles because of the perspective shift when viewing a 3d object from an angle...

Also, no textures are applied, which will making viewing rather difficult. :)
 
Dear Bill:

Yes, i have specified the range from 0 to 160 in the AnimationManager.

The project has a material with the colors red and white, you can apply it to the object.

You have to see the cylinder face from east to west or from west to east to see it like an oval, but if you see the object from north to south or south to north you will see it like a perfect circle.

See the attach picture, there is the oval face...

I hope you understand me?

Thanks.
Alfredo Mendiola Loyola
Lima Perú
 
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mendiola_loyola said:
Dear Bill:
I hope you understand me?

Alfredo Mendiola Loyola
Lima Perú
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I think I do, I have seen such distortions when editing objects that are part of a hierarchy. If you have attached an object to another using the link/attach tool then later you decide to edit the object, it can inherit movement from the parent object which causes stretch at some angles.
I suggest you break all links between objects, remove any keyframes and re-set pivot points.
Then after a back-up, key frame the object again.


You may even need to use the Reset X-from utility from the utilities panel, be careful with it though, it can flatten 3D objects. Next, Collapse the modifier stack.
Edit objects with transform set to "Local", there is a drop-down list on the top toolbar for these options.

20 mins later...
perhaps you should only attach objects to each other using the AttachPoint tool anyway.
 
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Dear EssieP:

The rotating beacon has a perfect circle in front and back in 3DS Max 8.

The rotating beacon becomes oval just in FSX when you see it from certain angles from North to South or South to North.

Thanks.
Alfredo Mendiola Loyola
Lima Perú
 
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