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Forum Archive › Why use the hinge constraint also? › Reply To: Why use the hinge constraint also?
It’s needed for the Motor Constraint to work. It ‘fixates’ the Cylinder and allows it to Rotate onlly on the (Hinge) Empty’s Z-Axis.
You can think of it, like a pin/physical axis going through the Cylinder, something like this:
