Car Rigging Part 4: Chain Rigging

Off The Chain... When embarking on the task to rig up a vehicle its a good idea to consider the other secondary animations at play for example rotors, belts, chains ect...

In this instance i have used a ik spline handle using the offset to drive the behaviour.

I have connected the wheel drive attribute into pi * 2r node setup to compensate for the length of the chain. To avoid flipping im using advanced twist with rotation up and a locator up vector in the middle of the curve driving the joints.

If you draw out a curve you can use the following script create joints and place them around the curve.

any questions feel free to reach out.

Jason