Cinema 4D Xpresso Tutorial 68: Rigging a Peristaltic Pump

In this Cinema 4D Xpresso Tutorial, we a rigging a Peristaltic Pump. Though this is a really quite subtle piece of animation, it requires quite a substantial Xpresso expression, in order to get the mechanism functioning correctly. It is a longer tutorial, but well worth investing the time - you’ll learn a lot! The scene file for this tutorial can be downloaded here: My thanks go to the following people, all of whom have been kind enough to buy me a coffee: Matt, Cedric, Uriah, Willy, Vadim, Tim, Simone, Alain, David and Daniil. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! If you wish to by me a coffee, you may do so here: 0:00 - Intro. 0:56 - Project Overview. 5:40 - Key-Framing the Rotor Assembly. 7:06 - Setting Up the Collision Deformer. 10:09 - Xpresso (Part 1 - Making the Rollers Behave Correctly). 46:19 - Xpresso (Part 2 - Controlling the Arms). 58:13 - Xpresso (Part 3 - Controlling the Springs). 1:01:55 - Xpresso (Part 4 - Resetting the Arms and Springs at Frame 0). 1:05:05 - Final Summation. 1:07:16 - Outro.