How to animate rotating wheel with keyframe?

[ebenheizerm28787053]

How to keyframe rotation to gain a faster or slower speed for a wheel?

I set the rotation at zero point, then after 1 seconds to -300 degree. The result was the wheel moved forward (to the left direction) with a moderate speed. I want to make it faster, so I changed the duration to half a second (6th frame of 12fps), but the wheel moved backward instead (to the right direction) with a slower speed.

How do I solve this?

[Platty Puss]

Hi Eben,

    I was intriqued with your question and set about making my own wheel rotate along the bottom of the scene. Are you working with both the "Rotation" and the "Position X" parameters in the "Transform" behavior?. From where I see it, all you need to do is adjust both parameters until the wheel looks like it is in contact with the ground and roling along.

Be well fellow puppeteer - Platty

[ebenheizerm28787053]

Hey fellow puppeteer Platty:D

Thanks for responding mate.

Yes, I play with both the Rotation and Position X value in the Transform behavior.

It is on the ground, the only problem is the speed and direction.

[alank99101739]

It is curious - no idea why it changed directions! Maybe have a look at the rotation value as you play the sequence (maybe advance frame by frame to see it clearly) - is it going from 0 to -300? Or did something change it to +60 for example (so it went from 0 to +60 instead)? Watching the actual value of the rotation property might give a hint.

[ebenheizerm28787053]

Yes the value is consistent to -300 but moved the other way than intended. Probably Ch is using autopilot in this case (assuming -300 is the same with +60). So how do I solve this?

For my scene, thankfully it's just a short movement so it won't be noticable.

But what if I want to animate like 10 seconds of rotating wheel consistently?

[alank99101739]

i wonder what happens if you use 3000 - does it rotate many times to get there? My fear is you may need to specify say 3 keyframes per wheel rotation (e.g. 0 then -120 then -240 then -360 in your example, so each rotation is less than 180. This is so the shortest path is always the direction you want the wheel to go)

[ebenheizerm28787053]

Haven't try it yet. But I will. Thanks Alank

[alank99101739]

(If I had to guess, its either the keyframing has a missing or extra frame value in there for the start and end values, or CH is trying to be "clever" sometimes and it knows -300 is the same as +60 in the real world and is "helping" you by adjusting your settings.)