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percentage of the path that the car has travelled. You must therefore modify the expression to reflect this change. Wire wheel r ...

6 On the Parameter Wiring dialog, set the control direction to the right, which places the Percent parameter in control of the w ...

Remember to add a minus (-) operator to the expression of the wheels on the right side of the model so they don’t rotate in the ...

3 Click anywhere around the car body and in the Parameters rollout, turn on Box, then in the Size box, type 50.0 and name the he ...

5 From the main toolbar, click Align and in the Top viewport, select the car body. 6 In the Align Selection dialog > Align Po ...

These settings ensure that the car and the helper have the same orientation. 7 Click OK to close the dialog. 8 From the main too ...

11 In the Align Selection dialog > Align Position group, turn on X Position, Y Position, and Z Position and choose Pivot Poin ...

Point helpers aligned to front left and right wheels You will now rework the hierarchy and parent/child relationships of the car ...

2 With the Select and Link tool still active, select both rear wheels (Wheel-RL and Wheel-RR) and drag to the Dummy_CAR helper. ...

5 From the menu, choose Transform > Rotation > (2nd) Euler XYZ > Z Rotation. 6 Select the Dummy-FL object, which is the ...

Steering wheel and front wheel turn in opposite directions 11 Cancel or undo the rotation you made in the previous step. 12 In t ...

Be sure to specify the exact same expressions as you did in steps 13 and 14, since the right wheel helper was copied, not mirror ...

Steering wheel rotation at -280 degrees about the Z axis 6 Go to frame 115, the point where the car is in the middle of the seco ...

Steering wheel rotation at 500 degrees in the Z axis 7 Go to the end of the animation and rotate the steering wheel until the Z ...

at high speed. In older cars, such as our 1957 Chevy, however, the amount of body roll is discernible to both passengers and bys ...

6 Select the steering wheel again, then right-click on it and from the Quad menu, choose Wire Parameters. 7 Choose Transform > ...

Body roll visible in Front, Left and Camera viewports. 12 Save your file as mycar_rig_06.max. Adjust Driver Viewpoint As a drive ...

Set up the lesson: ■ Continue from the previous lesson or open car_rig_06.max. Change the driver’s point of view: In this proced ...

Camera_Driver object This is the camera that occupies the driver’s seat. 3 Click the List Con button on the myTools toolbar you ...

Camera swivel on Y axis 5 Click Affect Pivot Only again to exit pivot mode. 6 Select the steering wheel, right-click it, and fro ...