rotating along a circle, 3d style effect

[qxe900]

I want to creat a rotaing sort of animation, just to give youn an impression of what im trying to achieve is if you were to look at 6 items from above in a circle and youre looking at the front of this so in the foreground you have one of these objects and in the background you have the opposite item, makes sense, a sort of ring if you like, like people siiting in a circle all facing THE SAME WAY. The camera is facing the person at the front, and i want to achiever rotating the circle of sya people, all so they keep lookin the same way, ie forward, so the back most object rotates witht he rest of the circle and become the foreground.

Im all cool with my 3d layers as they satnd, ive arranged them as if im looking above, but the roation thing is causing me a bit of a problem, all i want to do is draw the same circle path that each object uses to rotate to keep the circle true, i dont fancy setting each path seperatly as it will all move a bit....how do i draw a cirlcle and tell after effects to follow that path, like u do in flash???

 

[BaptizedInBeer]

Get a 3d animation tool...like 3dstudio max...render your animation (.AVI) Then import it to AE.

 

[PsiPhi]

Okay, I just spent a while typing up a description of this type of thing in another post so I'm going to keep this brief. Essentially, you should place your circles where you want them to be in the 3D space. Place a null layer exactly in the centre of this and parent it to all the other layers. When you rotate the null layer, all the other layers should rotate around it in the manner of your desire. Good day to you sir.