Rigging Vehicles with Rigid Body Physics in Blender 3.0

Rigging Vehicles with Rigid Body Physics in Blender 3.0, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 81 lectures, based on 31 reviews, and has 355 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn how to rig and tune 5 different vehicles that you can drive in real time Create accurate, simulated suspension geometries – Trailing arm, Double wishbone, Solid Axle, MacPherson Strut and Twist Beam Learn the basics of suspension design Learn techniques that will allow you to efficiently rig a drivable vehicle in about 30 minutes Techniques in this course can be expanded to other machinery eg robots, cranes etc. Learn the basics and caveats of Rigid Bodies and Rigid Body Constraints in Blender This course is ideal for individuals who are Blender users that want to more accurately simulate the motion of a vehicle or Blender users who want to learn how to simulate complex mechanical systems with rigid bodies or Blender users who enjoy learning unique ways of doing things! It is particularly useful for Blender users that want to more accurately simulate the motion of a vehicle or Blender users who want to learn how to simulate complex mechanical systems with rigid bodies or Blender users who enjoy learning unique ways of doing things!.

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Summary

Title: Rigging Vehicles with Rigid Body Physics in Blender 3.0

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.6

Number of Lectures: 81

Number of Published Lectures: 81

Number of Curriculum Items: 81

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 81

Original Price: $64.99

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What You Will Learn

Learn how to rig and tune 5 different vehicles that you can drive in real time

Create accurate, simulated suspension geometries – Trailing arm, Double wishbone, Solid Axle, MacPherson Strut and Twist Beam

Learn the basics of suspension design

Learn techniques that will allow you to efficiently rig a drivable vehicle in about 30 minutes

Techniques in this course can be expanded to other machinery eg robots, cranes etc.

Learn the basics and caveats of Rigid Bodies and Rigid Body Constraints in Blender

Who Should Attend

Blender users that want to more accurately simulate the motion of a vehicle

Blender users who want to learn how to simulate complex mechanical systems with rigid bodies

Blender users who enjoy learning unique ways of doing things!

Target Audiences

Blender users that want to more accurately simulate the motion of a vehicle

Blender users who want to learn how to simulate complex mechanical systems with rigid bodies

Blender users who enjoy learning unique ways of doing things!

This course will walk you through a more realistic way of rigging your vehicle using Blender’s Physics engine.  By using Rigid Bodies and Rigid Body Constraints, you can literally drive your vehicle through your scene.  This method lets the physics engine calculate all the vehicle’s motion like, camber angles, wheel speeds, body roll, brake dive etc, making your vehicle’s motion much more realistic! 

The techniques used in this course are aimed at making the finicky nature of using Rigid Bodies more manageable and efficient. While some knowledge of Blender is helpful, this course starts from beginner friendly introductions to Rigid Bodies and Constraints. 

Blender 3.0+ is recommended, no addons required.  Only very light modeling is used, course includes all the models used. Completed .blend files included for all applicable lectures.  All vehicles are based on 3d Scanned real vehicles.   

This course goes over:

Rigid Bodies and Constraints

The Rigid Body World

Custom Properties

Drivers

Physics

Vehicle Suspensions

Armatures and Inverse Kinematics

A few different suspension types are explored: Double Wishbone, Solid Axle, Trailing Arm, MacPherson Strut, and Twist Beam.

By the end of the course you will be able to “drive” a vehicle around a dynamic scene all by adjusting driver inputs: Acceleration, Braking, Steering, Parking Brake and Target Speed.  An experimental section to control your vehicle using an XBox One (or similar) controller is also included (only tested in Windows). 

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Course Overview

Chapter 2: Basic Tips

Lecture 1: 1-Stay Organized!

Lecture 2: 2-Modeling Primer

Lecture 3: 3-Blender Crashing

Lecture 4: 4-Troubleshooting

Chapter 3: Rigid Body Basics

Lecture 1: 1-Basic Setup

Lecture 2: 2-Active and Passive

Lecture 3: 3-Rigid Body Properties

Chapter 4: Rigid Body Constraints

Lecture 1: 1-Constraint Properties pt1

Lecture 2: 2-Constraint Properties pt2

Lecture 3: 3-Parenting Constraints

Chapter 5: Rigid Body World

Lecture 1: 1-Scene Properties

Lecture 2: 2-Resetting the Simulation

Lecture 3: 3-CGs and Inertias

Chapter 6: Duryea Gem

Lecture 1: 1-Introduction to the Duryea Gem

Lecture 2: 2-Importing the Model

Lecture 3: 3-Rigid Bodies

Lecture 4: 4-First Constraints

Lecture 5: 5-First Test

Lecture 6: 6-Adding Steering

Lecture 7: 7-Controller

Lecture 8: 8-Motor Drivers

Lecture 9: 9-Steering Motor Driver

Lecture 10: 10-Chase Camera

Lecture 11: 11-Parenting the Modeled Parts

Lecture 12: 12-Rotating the Steering Wheel

Lecture 13: 13-Test Track

Lecture 14: 14-Preload & Tuning

Lecture 15: 15-Animating & Keyframing

Lecture 16: 16-Game Controller (Experimental-Windows)

Chapter 7: Replacing Empties

Lecture 1: 1-Introduction

Lecture 2: 2-Base Parts pt1

Lecture 3: 2-Base Parts pt2

Lecture 4: 2-Base Parts pt3

Lecture 5: 3-Adding Drivers pt1

Lecture 6: 3-Adding Drivers pt2

Lecture 7: 3-Adding Drivers Pt3

Lecture 8: 4-Assemblies pt1

Lecture 9: 4-Assemblies pt2

Lecture 10: 4-Assemblies pt3

Lecture 11: 5-Assembly Armatures pt1

Lecture 12: 5-Assembly Armatures pt2

Chapter 8: Suspension Design

Lecture 1: 1-Introduction

Lecture 2: 2-Basic Measurements

Lecture 3: 3-Static Measurements

Lecture 4: 4-Dynamic Changes

Chapter 9: Jalopy

Lecture 1: 1-Introduction

Lecture 2: 2-Importing Model

Lecture 3: 3-Generic Double Wishbone

Lecture 4: 4-Merge and Align with Model

Lecture 5: 5-Parenting

Lecture 6: 6-Mirroring

Lecture 7: 7-Generic Solid Axle

Lecture 8: 8-Merge,Parent,Mirror

Lecture 9: 9-Make it Drive

Lecture 10: 10-Test and Tune

Lecture 11: 11-Steering Wheel

Lecture 12: 12-Animating a Spring

Lecture 13: 13-Animating a Leaf Spring

Lecture 14: 14-Jalopy Conclusion

Chapter 10: Setting Up For Production

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: 2-Sway Bar

Lecture 3: 3-Tire Deflection Part 1

Lecture 4: 3-Tire Deflection Part 2

Lecture 5: 4-Final Setup Part 1

Lecture 6: 4-Final Setup Part 2

Lecture 7: 5-Setting Up Suspensions Part 1

Lecture 8: 5-Setting Up Suspensions Part 2

Lecture 9: 6-Applying to the Jalopy

Chapter 11: Quick Projects

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Draw Bridge

Lecture 3: MacPherson Strut

Lecture 4: Twist Beam

Lecture 5: Nissan Leaf

Lecture 6: Tow Truck

Lecture 7: Drifting Tow Truck

Lecture 8: Towing Tow Truck

Lecture 9: Tesla

Chapter 12: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Congratulations!

Lecture 2: Bonus

Instructors

Matthew Blackwood
Mechanical Engineer/ Car enthusiast

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