Rigging a hinge

thegreyman1

Hey guys, I'm making this style hinge for a car. The trunk has to be animated/rigged in Max so I need to figure out how to do this.

I've tried using various combinations of linking and look at constraints but nothing works properly. I'm always about 90% there. I can get the two bottom arms to rotate and flip up the top mount (where the trunk lid would attach to) but the points on the mount where there would be a pin holding it to the arms doesnt stay in place. In other words, this point slides and as I will be modelling a pin in there I need it to stay put like in real life.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bruno Afonseca

Can't see the picture!

thegreyman1

Sorry guys, I fixed the picture

thegreyman1

Bumping to see if I can get some help. I'm really stumped on this one

Redsett

I don't know 3DS Max but a simple IK handle on the 2 arms would do the trick. Then constraint the IK handles to the hood.

JohnnyRaptor

Hey dude, i did a quick scene for your to dissect.

Maya 2011, http://www.pedramk.com/files/Hinge.mb


Its quite basic, but what i did was create 2 joints to drive the hinge arms and the top bit that i guess the trunk is attached to. and 2 targets that keep the hinge arms in place where the screws will go.

thegreyman1

Hey JohnnyRaptor, do you have a max version or anything? We don't have Maya at work

JohnnyRaptor

aw crap, missed you were working in max, which i dont have unfortunately, but try this FBX version instead.

http://www.pedramk.com/files/Hinge.fbx

thegreyman1

Thanks dude, it doesn't appear to do anything however. The various parts don't seem to be hooked up to any other parts. but I'll try again after lunch.