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ClydeSight2.0! Bryce 5 Tutorials
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Are you confused by the way Bryce uses linkages and tracking to control
multiple objects?
What if you could easily make a simple model that shows how these two
features work?
Well, now you can!
The purpose of this tutorial is to learn how to use linking and tracking in Bryce to make one object use rotary motion to control other objects for both lateral and rotary motion. We'll use a simple steam engine design as our mechanical model, and learn how to animate it very easily by controlling only one rotating object! Our model will use only SEVEN Bryce primitives and we'll even be able to animate the model manually in wireframe mode right on the modeling screen! We'll also look at some time line animation and rendering tricks to get smooth rotations that appear seamless.
Our very simple model will look like this.
Click
here or on the image to see a QuickTime movie (400K).
(Note: You MUST have QuickTime to view the movie.
Get QuickTime)
The tutorial has three parts: Simple Steam Engine Design, Modeling a Simple Steam Engine in Bryce, and Animating a Simple Steam Engine in Bryce. All pages are printable and use images to illustrate everything!
About the Author:
Tim Thompson, author of this (and our other Bryce 5 tutorials) has been working with digital media for 14 years. He started with Bryce when it first appeared and has followed the program through its upgrades to the current version 5. Tim uses Bryce 5 for a multitude of projects, including some of the interesting games on our ClydeSight2.0!, the fun and games cat site. Tim has also been a teacher, having instructed continuing education classes for five years at Boston's Emerson College in desktop publishing and design and Web design classes in the Boston Urban Scholars program. Tim is a man of many talents. He not only creates digital art, but also composes music! ClydeSight Productions is pleased to publish his two albums, Symphonia Felina and Other Musical Masterworks and Forestdale-Tone Poems Inspired by Nature. Of course, Tim designed the covers for both albums! Tim's tutorials and digital art have won him high praise from the prestigious Renderosity.com digital artist's Web site. His tutorials for Bryce 5 have been enjoyed the world over and are used in local schools to augment their curriculum.
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