Loop animation from certain point

[paul.cox]

Hi. I'm making a simple key frame animation of an exploded product assembly, and I need it to loop mid-animation. So, for example, the product will disassemble (frames 0-50) and then begin it's operation, basically parts rotating (frames 51-200). I want it to loop the operation section of the animation, and so it basically only runs the disassembly once and then stays in the operation loop. I hope that makes sense! This is an animation that I will be taking into UE4 and will be triggered by an event, and I would like it remain in the "operating" state until the user triggers another event. I'm not terribly experienced in animation, so layman's terms would be hugely appreciated!

[10DSpace · Accepted solution]

hI @paul.cox 

Just a thought here, but since you have 2 distinct parts to the animation,

1. (frames 0-50) where the product will disassemble which you only want to run once and

2. (frames 51-200) when begin it's operation, basically parts rotating which you want to run continuously in a loop until the user (in UE4) triggers an event, 

I would suggest treating them as separate animation sequences.  I have no specific experience with UE4, but these game engines  are designed to capture user-triggered events and then run animation sequences based on specific events.  I would think that they also have the ability to loop animations as well.

So unless I am not fully understanding what you want to do, why not render the above as 2 separate animation sequences and take them into UE4 where you can use the User triggered events to drive which sequence is run and whether it is run once or looped?    Hope this helps.

[paul.cox]

Thanks @10DSpace - I realized this soon after posting, but couldn't see how to delete my post. In my defense, it was 2am and I wasn't entirely thinking straight 🙂  

Appreciate your response!