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Animating Suspension Components

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idjit

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Apr 15, 2006
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Hey guys,
I ran across this link:
You need shockwave to view it

This is almost precisely what I want to do for a school presentation project on suspension bumpers for independent suspensions. I'd basically like to do create the simulation/animation. I have already built the model in Solidworks, but would like to animate the components as it drives along a road.
I was wondering if anyone new if a rendering like this is possible in Solidworks, and what I'd need to do somethingg like that. I am trying to animate some suspension components as a car moves along a potholes and such, but

1. Is there anyway to render a road in this manner, and have the car move through road depressions, and bumps?
2. Is there anyway to get this type of background, Does anyone know of any templates I could use to get something like this?



Any help greatly appreciated.
I posted this on another forum, but I think it is pretty inactive
 
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check out , you may have to register (its free). Someone there has done a great job animating an RC car jumping and driving down stairs. This is the thread
The files are found on post # 11

He did it all using SW!

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
(updated 3/24/06)
SW 2006 SP 4.0 EV
 
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