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Cycling Kinematics


Title: Cycling Kinematics
Background: Simple Flash animation
Length: Continous
Audio: None
Download Size: 7k
Format: Flash SWF
Notes: I needed to show what goes on with our leg bone structure when we use a bicycle, especially the stress on the hip, knee and ankle joints. I modeled the individual bones, then animated the structure using Swish. The total motion path is broken down into 8 major steps keyed to the bicycle crank rotation. Swish does the interpolation of the motion in between each rotation step. The slight jump at the top of the cycle is when the animation restarts its cycle and will be eliminated next time I work on this animation.
For more background see Kickbiking Japan


Posted by Lem on August 28, 2004 | Permalink



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