Use Mechanic Tool Kit to make your car controllable by AML.

How it works:
 
A. Use Wheel_Tools to make the wheel an iprop.
B. Load the chassis, and align the wheels to the correct position automatically.
C. Use the Spring_Tools to complete the car assembly.
D. Change the iCar Texture to Custom Paint Texture
 
For more details, please follow the step-by-step instructions below.

A.

 Use Wheel_Tools to make the wheel an iprop
 
1. Load iCar Body Shop/Mechanic Tool Kit/Wheel_Tool/L_Front_Wheel.iprop
 
 
2. Load iCar Body Shop/iCar_Wheel/Compact_Car_Wheel.iprop
 
 
3. Assign the parent of Wheel to L_Front_Wheel.
 
Tip: After choosing Compact_Car_Wheel you can hide it , so it's easier to attach it to tools.
 
 
Click on Pick Parent, and the cursor will change (as picture below). Click on L_Front_Wheel.iProp
 
 
The structure will be generated.
 
 
 
4. Set Opacity of Wheel Tool Material to 0, and show Compact_Car_Wheel now.
 
 
 
 
5. Choose the topmost layer and then click Merge.
 
 
6. Do the same for other wheels.

B.

 Load the chassis, and align the wheels to the correct position

 

 automatically.

 
1. Load the chassis that you want. i.e. \iCar Body Shop\iCar_Classic\Low_Chassis.iprop

 
2. Load the car body that you want. i.e. \iCar Body Shop\iCar_Body\Light Duty.iProp
 
 
3. Use the Transform function to make the car body and the chassis the right size and move them to the location that you want.
 
 
4. Select Wheel, and assign the parent of the Wheel to Low_Chassis
 
 
5. Execute wheel alignment.
After you execute Attach, choose Attach to Sub-Node.
 
 
Choose the corresponding Dummy and choose Align Position to Parent.
 
 
6. Align other wheels in order.
 

C.

 Use the Spring_Tools to complete the car assembly.
 
Give your car the bumpy feeling while it's moving.
 
1. Load iCar Body Shop\Mechanic Tool Kit\Spring_ToolsStiff Spring.iprop
 
 
The Z value of Spring Tool should always be 0.
 
 
2. Choose the wheels that have been aligned in step B and Detach them one by one.
 
 
 
 
3. Assign the Parent of the wheels and chassis to the lower structure of the Spring.
 
 
4. Assign the Parent of the car body to the upper structure of Spring.
 
 
5. Set Opacity for Spring Tool Material to 0.
 
 
6. Select Stiff_Spring and right click to load Four_Wheel_Stiff_Spring.aml
 
 
Preset DramaScript are located under.
C:\Program Files\Reallusion\iClone 3\Template\iClone Template\DramaScript\iCar Body Shop\Mechanic Tool Kit

D.

 Change the iCar Texture to Custom Paint Texture
 
1. Double Cilck on the Diffuse Texture Button.
 
 
2. Load iCar Body Shop\LightDutyCustomPaint.jpg
 
 

E.

 Fabrication complete
 
 
You can control your car freely now by entering the Director mode.
 
 
 
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