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3DC to Railworks Locomotive Animation Part 1

3DC to Railworks Locomotive Animation Part 1

3DC to Railworks - Locomotive: Animation Part 1
by Jerry "SMMDigital" Conaway

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WARNING: We are in virgin territory here, as I have never done animation for a locomotive in Railworks. It is very possible that what I am doing is totally wrong and that this tutorial will have to be re-written at a later time. At this time, you should consider this tutorial merely as an entrance into the world of animation in 3DC. Less adventurous individuals should skip this tut entirely until later in the Blueprint process, when we can see if the methods presented here actually work.

If you have ever seen the movie "The Empire Strikes Back", there is battle where the forces of the Rebel Alliance are fighting against lumbering Imperial war machines called All Terrain Armored Transports. They looked like giant metal elephants. Back in 1980 when ESB was made, there were no computers to animate these hulking machines. They were physical models that were moved piece by piece, frame by frame, by special effects artists between shots. It was a painstaking and time consuming process, but the effort won the movie kudos from sci-fi fans and the movie industry in general.

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