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Applying directional force

Applying directional force

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Applying directional force

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- [Instructor] Now some things in life follow a straight path. For example, a ball dropped from above with no force applied will drop in a straight line. Only gravity will affect it. And gravity always pulls in one direction, well usually, and that's down towards the center of the earth. Additional directional forces, or throw forces, can also be applied to objects. These can work with or against gravity depending on their direction. When you're animating objects that are being projected with directional force, think about how hard they're being thrown. This will affect the way they travel and the shape of the path that they follow, also known as the arc. So what we're gonna do here is we're gonna throw this ball. Instead of coming from the top, we're gonna have it come from the side here. And we're in 0305 directional, if you have the exercise files you can follow along too. So we're gonna adjust the x axis. Now I can adjust the x axis by just dragging this up or down. So I'm gonna…

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