About
A 1.1 m by 2.6 m bedplate carries a crank bearing housing, a 0.24 m throw crank, a connecting rod, a crosshead running between two guide bars and a cylinder block with a bolted end cover. All motion is in the ZY plane. Overall size 1.1 x 1.67 x 2.85 m in metres, +Y up, +Z forward, resting on y=0. Node crank turns on the crank axis at y=1.32, z=0.15; node crosshead slides along Z; node rod pivots on the crosshead pin and slides with it, so the big end tracks the crank pin exactly. Clips: idle turns the crank one full revolution over 2.4 s, driving the rod and crosshead through an exact crank and slider cycle. Node TRS animation on named nodes only; no skinned rig, skeleton, collision or navigation data.
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Use the “Crank, rod and piston assembly (Animated Mechanisms Kit)” asset in my project. Model: https://cdn.3dassets.dev/assets/8491/v1/model.glb Asset page: https://3dassets.dev/assets/animated-mechanisms-kit-piston-assembly-edbd6dcf Description: Open crank and slider mechanism on a painted bedplate: a bearing housing, a crank with a web and pin, a connecting rod, a crosshead on guide bars and a lathed cylinder block. - Dimensions (X × Y × Z): 1.1 × 1.67 × 2.85 metres - Triangles: 620 - Animations: idle - Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) - Loading: Three.js GLTFLoader; no additional decoders required.
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Import manually
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import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js'
import { AnimationMixer } from 'three'
let mixer
const loader = new GLTFLoader()
loader.load('https://cdn.3dassets.dev/assets/8491/v1/model.glb', (gltf) => {
scene.add(gltf.scene)
mixer = new AnimationMixer(gltf.scene)
mixer.clipAction(gltf.animations[0]).play()
})
// Call from your render loop; deltaSeconds is time since the previous frame.
function updateAssetAnimation(deltaSeconds) {
mixer?.update(deltaSeconds)
}Crank, rod and piston assembly (Animated Mechanisms Kit)
Open crank and slider mechanism on a painted bedplate: a bearing housing, a crank with a web and pin, a connecting rod, a crosshead on guide bars and a lathed cylinder block.
