Piston engine exhaust. Diesel punk

[ArneCRosenfeldt]

good topology.
Only some edges missing. As seen at the bottom there is an (inelegant) way to avoid that.

No animation planned

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[GrimZA (Armand)]

@ajcdfin"

I hope you don’t mind but I have fixed your rig & mesh as this is not a typically used arrangement for a four cylinder four stroke (otto cycle) engine to operate in that configuration. I will say that the rig set-up is the simplest & most versatile for accurately animating this motion with an armature short of scripting it.

Thanks,it wasn’t supposed to be accurate though.It was just a learning experience for me at the time.

[ajcdfin]

@DCBloodHound

Thanks,it wasn’t supposed to be accurate though.It was just a learning experience for me at the time.

OK, I was just going off your original subject “Engine type cylinder minor rig problem” and thought I would have a go at it. Its really simplistic and easily adapted to reproduce the correct motion of a piston engine. I have several rigs for various types of engines but none are easily swapped (most can’t be) between each other, this set-up is almost a “one size fits all” so to speak design. You did a nice job and should post it in the rigging section, seems like alot of people search for a way to rig an engine.

Sorry to @ArneCRosenfeldt for high-jacking his thread :eek: - nice work so far BTW.