Two Minute tank tread

This quick example shows you how to build a tank tread in Maya using the suite of Motion Graphics tools.

[@de_luxe8616]

Awesome... thats what I looked for a long time

[@ko95]

Fantastic! Thank you very much!

[@Fuloqwam]

Fantastic! Thank you so much!

[@simonlatouche9103]

Amazing, thanks for tutorial 👍

[@sanjiberry]

For some reason my tread design wont go around the curve using MASH, it creates its own crazy curve far away from the curve itself

[@user-nu9kj7dn6c]

I found a solution, boys. Make sure your pivots are all centered to object and dragged to Zero point.

[@mojtabaaryan4028]

its awesome man thank you

[@rolandashlander1539]

Thank you very much! I duplicated the tank track by Ctrl+D, but the copy one can not be animate directly, how can I do with this?

[@gavinkirk1583]

Great tutorial but I am having some trouble getting my treads to be the correct direction once I add the curve, so is there anyway to rote the tread so they are flat on the curve instead of pointed front edge up as they are now?

[@mikhailkonstantin9927]

can't you tell us how u made this path ? the curve ? because my head now is like 10 heads by size ! i just can't do it

[@hamuArt]

Create/CurveTools/EP or CV or Bezier Curve Tool - start build curve

[@metkic94]

How do i get Mash editor plugin for maya 2016 and is it free or not ?

[@n4s98]

when i dragged the tread curve into the input box, it did not move the treads onto the line, how do i fix that?

[@masoudrashidinezhad9429]

please learn more about Rig in Maya. Thanks.

[@lordgains3317]

Can you help I've done the same thing but its slowed my project down badly and I have a beefy PC, my tracks were decently detailed but I combined my tracks with my wheels and dup it by 3 and it's just slowed maya down to the point I can't even work anymore

[@ko95]

Is it possible to integrate dynamics and wheel-interaction to tank threads made with MASH? Do you have any tips to accomplish this?

[@dwyco]

yes, I would love to know this too... I created a conveyor belt to lift up spheres with it but no collision... it falls through it even though I made it as passive rigid body

[@dalyzee]

What is you want to keyframe it instead??

[@n4s98]

How did you draw the 2 curves? Every video I found does not go over that

[@kaywoodparsons7967]

tried following it but no luck. doesnt connect to the curve. nothing happens. what type of cure was created? and was it opeded ended or joined at the points?

[@dwyco]

Hello... it is an amazing tutorial... but I have a problem. I created a conveyor belt with this method, using L shape elements... and trying to lift a sphere as active rigid body with it but nothing happens. I made the belt as passive rigid body, but the ball only "sits" on the curve of the belt, not reacting to the elements of the created conveyor belt... do you know why? Or this method cannot collide with other elements?

[@blackviper7754]

I have a problem the track are overlapping in the curve part. when I create a curve in a circle the track is not overlapping but the moment I give a Tank wheel shape the track are overlapping on both side curve part. Can you make new tutorial full video solving the curve and overlapping problem, please ASAP. Please reply

[@sashapereeskop2957]

in Maya 2020 still not work, after drop nurbs path my mesh connect but in random place and not follow to my path

[@GymN3D]

my thread dont come perfectly spaced out at all

[@nocturnalgaming7678]

When i made and shaped tracks using wire tool on curve object started deforming when i try to move it left or right and wire stayed on XYZ : 0 position how do i fix it ?

[@seanhomar5945]

I too have had a similar issue

[@OSkengz4488]

Guys watch this video its really help i learnt to make tracks from it kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGe6c6V9ZrWimdk

[@chiepchiep1993]

what version's maya ?

[@MartijndeRondeDesigner]

2017

[@nigelsmith7717]

My mesh doesn't go onto the curve ...how can I fix ?

[@Shamanized]

Same issue. I've tried it a bunch of different ways with different curves and it never snaps to the curve correctly. :( Opened up a fresh new file to do a few tests and it still doesn't work.

[@mikhailkonstantin9927]

i don't have that aim stuff you used at last !

[@hazzer2012]

can you do this in maya 2016?

[@GWDCrew]

yes you can...it works for me in maya 2017.

[@hamuArt]

- There is no mention how important the base mesh orientation to the curve. - There is no mention if the base orientation wrong how can solve. (If I change up vector at MASH1_Curve nothing happen...If I change ReproMesh RotateX or Y or Z nothing happen) I use Maya 2018 There is a missing feature or just a bug?

[@OSkengz4488]

Check out this video it definitely helped me kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGe6c6V9ZrWimdk

[@kaywoodparsons7967]

how did you weld the curve together. and was it a cv curve?

[@gamalgad218]

open / close curve from curves

[@fender9405]

Not working correctly

[@omma911]

Great! I wasn't having serious problems understanding what the Russian guy was doing. ;)

[@BakaNimate]

Yet another tutorial from a Autodesk specialist that makes it looks easy and you spend a day and you still can't make it work.

[@srikanth9307]

u say u r a technical specialist at autodesk...how come u just have 911 subcribers

[@madnalab3901]

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