Machine In Houdini

Alright so this is the whole machine put together in Houdini. Now due to the fact of not enough time I will not be able to make the machine function.

Machine in Maya

Alright so all the pieces were modeled in Maya. Now when you put all the pieces together this is what it will look like. So now all I have to do is bring all the asset's into Houdini and make it work(hopefully).

Asset#5: The Cup

Alright so this is the last asset of the machine and it is ........ the cup!. So after circling through the bowl, the marble will drop through the center of the bowl and into the cup.

Asset#4: Bowl

Alright so this is asset#4: the Bowl. So after the marvel travels down the long ramp it will shoot into this bowl. After circling the perimeter a couple of times it will drop through the center hole.

Asset#3: The Ramp

Alright so here is asset#3: The Ramp. So after the marble spits out of the bottom of the coil it will travel down this ramp.

Asset#2: Coil Ramp

Alright so here is asset#2 the coil ramp. So after the marble travels down the starting ramp it will go into this coil and spit out at the bottom.

Asset#1: Starting Ramp

Alright so the next couple of posts are going to be the modeled assets for the machine. So here is the first asset The Starting Ramp. This is where the marble will start at the beginning of the machine.

Marble Machine Day 1: Planning

So today starts the first day of planning for the marble machine project. Now I have created some blue prints of what my machine is going to look like(If I figure out how to post it). It starts out on a platform with the marble on it, then the marble will travel down these two metal pipes into the coil. It will go threw the coil for three rotations and shoot out onto a concave pipe where it will roll down into a half of a sphere with a hole cut out at the bottom and into a cup. And that will be the end.