Maya Piston Rig Tutorial

Here is a simple way to rig a piston in Maya

[@rkeele82]

What an amazing tutorial, you really know your stuff!!!

[@mendezcreative]

so helpful! especially the question asked by @Westy down below about laying out the pistons in V shape (like V6 or V8).

[@kioeoeo]

Thank you for sharing. It's quite clear on every detail

[@madshansen1020]

Great video! Thanks. Just what i was looking for

[@fragiquerence]

awesome dude! thank you for that simple and effective way to do it!

[@skeeleart]

You're welcome

[@abdalrahmanalfatih]

you're a legend

[@skeeleart]

Your Welcome

[@yingbowang3068]

amazing cool methods to making mechanical animation,not easy to find pratical tutorial like this,Thanks!

[@LetsGoEntertainment]

I love constrains. Thanks for the video.

[@luigibarr7368]

An amazing tutorial, thanks for sharing

[@matteofalduto766]

Thanks, that has been extremely useful to me!

[@skeeleart]

Your welcome.

[@mayastudy3d903]

Great video, thanks

[@avidsaeed8160]

Awesome, Just saved my assignment... Thx

[@Romaelzo]

Suddenly at 6:30... i stopped the video just to say ...brilliant! !!!!!!Brilliaaaaaant

[@skeeleart]

Thank you. You're very kind.

[@InstrumentMania]

awesome thank you so much you made may da...............

[@aliengod3528]

It must be nice getting things done right with no problems, i'm usually stuck on something

[@AY-pg7en]

It is really helpful video. But having doubt in creating V shape engines. It will be really helpful if you make one video on that too.

[@giovaniivasco6637]

show de bola mano, muito bom

[@will2power23803]

If you get a chance can you do this one more time, but this time like a locamotive where the turning shaft creates a horizontal motion? I would love to be able to make a choo choo, but this is the closest one I've seen to that.

[@omeralhiawe]

thanks man

[@crecrescio]

mate amazing tutorial, but my engine is sligtly totate like 17 degree, so is not perfectly aligned to Y axis... how can I menage to make it work? thank you in advance

[@Zhonyanya]

Still super useful

[@Fghgvbh]

Solve my problem.thanq👌👌

[@arnaudbentoo4105]

Woooo merci so much!!!

[@nocturnalgaming7678]

I finde it inpossible to make mechanical parts in maya ... I mostly converte from solidworks because there is big problem with conecting in maya there is no asembly option for machine parts or am i wronge ?

[@carlos23skype]

Can you make a video explaining the differences, Pros and Cons between AIM constraints and ORIENT constraints....???

[@skeeleart]

There are lots of videos talking about constraints. I'm just trying to make that are difficult to me, simple.

[@deonsmit819]

My friend what you are doing in this video is what I need to learn...how did you get to this level...pls recommend learning channels for technical animation.......thx for your contributions

[@FlintBassman]

Thanks for the kind words. I've been doing 3D computer animation for 30+ years. I was looking for a simple way to make pistons work. All the tutorials I found were complex. Once I figured out this way, I wanted to share it with others.

[@deonsmit819]

@@FlintBassman I love your video because it is focused on technical an not entertainment yet I am a new user I can even draw out the piston....I canning fusion 360 but not in blender or maya..pls recommend training videos for what you do and not fantasy...regards your new frien Deon South Africa

[@FlintBassman]

@@deonsmit819 There are lots of free tutorials here on youtube. I just try to find tutorials of things I'm interested in.

[@leonelsantos6517]

Naice

[@abhijit9339]

could you please give me any idea about the design of a rig for a crankshaft so as to balance it and allow it to spin

[@skeeleart]

I just did some research on the internet of how to build the crankshaft model you see in my tutorial.

[@abhijit9339]

skeeleart thank you for the information I just need to know the design of the rig so it holds basically balance the crankshaft and allow it to spin

[@westy5196]

How would you go about rotating this on a 45 degree angle to create, say, a V8? Been struggling for days now

[@FlintBassman]

That is a great question. I had the same problem. It is surprisingly simple once you figure it out. What I ended up doing is Grouping all the pistons, valves, spark plugs, etc. that will be rotated to the right. Then grouping all those that would be rotated to the left. Make sure the groups pivot point is in the center of the crankshaft. I'd rig each group straight up in Y just the way I show in the tutorial. Then rotate that group 45 degrees and DON'T freeze the transformations. Just leave that group at 45 degrees. Do the same with the other side. I will hide one side while working on the other. I hope this helps. I know it can be frustrating. Good Luck

[@skeeleart]

I've actually done that. You create it just like I show you in the video. Then rotate the group 45 degrees and don't freeze the transforms. Sorry it took so long to respond.

[@user-lk3tq4sd9u]

@@FlintBassman Hello. Thank you for the lesson. I'm making a V-shaped engine, turning the group by 45 degrees does not work. the piston stops moving. Lost connection on Y. Please help.

[@user-lk3tq4sd9u]

@@skeeleart Hello. Thank you for the lesson. I'm making a V-shaped engine, turning the group by 45 degrees does not work. the piston stops moving. Lost connection on Y. Please help.

[@cristopherrobin9333]

what is the name of the app?

[@omerdabole1602]

blenderg0.blogspot.com/2022/05/how-i-made-world-in-bottel-in-blender.html

[@bolo272]

great vid, didn't really helped me, but great vid

[@BharatEconomy3]

Plz tell me software name

[@FlintBassman]

It's Autodesk Maya

[@brandonsmith8235]

Changing views etc, was a little too quick unfortunately for a new person to Maya.

[@skeeleart]

Welcome to Maya. Sorry for the quick view changes. The great thing is you can watch it over and over.

[@jaycal1920]

Neat. You should give up the oil though, have you tried rehab? I think TESLA are going to start hosting Oil addiction Rehab workshops. MUSK, Where is Elon, I need to have a word with him.