rotating a wheel

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:51 pm

I am trying to rotate a wheel- like a motorcycle wheel- and when I use rotate points- the wheel appears to get smaller as it rotates. What is another way to accomplish this task?

Thanks

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:02 pm

Place the wheel layer inside a bone layer and use a bone to rotate the wheel. It won't distort when rotate.
-G

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:07 pm

thank you- I was getting so frustrated- what an easy fix!

Post by **Lost Marble** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:25 am

Or put the wheel in a layer of its own and use the Rotate Layer tool.

Although there is a "Rotate Points" tool, it isn't really rotating the points - it just moves the points to a new location. As you use the tool, the points appear to rotate, but that's just a user convenience. Points have just a location, and they move from one location to the next. (I hope that makes some sense. If not, just stick with the two suggestions offered - bones or layer rotation.)

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:31 am

Am I doing something wrong? when I put the wheel in a separate layer, and then used the rotate layer tool- it didn't spin like a wheel.

Fortunately, the bone really worked well.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:44 am

make sure the cross that marks the centre of the layer is in the centre of the wheel.

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:16 pm

Oh Dear! How did I miss that?

Thanks- my motorcycle can now roll in a variety of ways.