at high speed. In older cars, such as our 1957 Chevy, however, the amount
of body roll is discernible to both passengers and bystanders even when the
vehicle is travelling at low speed.
Set up for the lesson:
■ Continue from the previous lesson or open car_rig_05.max.
Create the body roll effect:
In this lesson, you will create the effect of body roll by rotating the car along
its local X axis. Roll direction will be based on the rotation of the steering
wheel.
1 Make sure you are at frame 1 in your animation.2 In the Top viewport, zoom in on the car and press F3 to turn Wireframe
mode on.3 On the main toolbar, click Rotate and make sure the coordinate
system is set to Local.
4 In any viewport, select the steering wheel object.
The steering wheel rotates about its local Z axis.5 Select the car body object.
The car body rolls about its local X axis.