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 dry_erase |
Is it possible to animate lines? I have to create a logo formed from a map of the world... I was going to key frame the vertices of the lines, but can't seem to key frame them. Can I do this, or is there a better way in which one can create an animation such as this?
Thanks
dry
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6/19/2008 8:14:03 AM (last edit: 6/19/2008 8:14:03 AM)
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| TiMoN |
not sure how you mean "animate line"
If you mean change an existing shape into a new one, you should look up the morph modifier.
It requires that the two mesh shapes have the same number of verts, which shouldn't be problem, if I understood what you wanted.
If you mean animate a line as in writing appearing magically, then you should look up the Path Follow modifier.
Terribly boring signature.
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6/19/2008 10:37:19 AM (last edit: 6/19/2008 10:37:49 AM)
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| Toen |
Well one way you can do it is by animating a point along a nurbs curve that is set to trim the curve. As you animate the U position of the point along the curve, you can tell it to trim the curve along the way. Here is a Jing example of it. I put it a Sweep modifier on top of the Nurb object to give it a surface. The shell modifier will do it too.
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6/20/2008 1:01:19 PM (last edit: 6/20/2008 1:04:39 PM)
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| Jollabollathan |
Holy crap, that is SO much better than the crappy method in the MAX tutorials. NURBS have a use after all!
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6/20/2008 1:09:21 PM (last edit: 6/20/2008 1:09:21 PM)
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| mrgrotey |
Quality stuff Toen, dont think Ive ever seen nurbs recommended on this forum,
*bookmarked*
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6/20/2008 3:02:39 PM (last edit: 6/20/2008 3:02:39 PM)
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| toldaddy |
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woot! lol @ jolla. VERY useful, I guess I know what I'll be doing on my lunch break. nice toen!
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6/20/2008 3:09:46 PM (last edit: 6/20/2008 3:09:46 PM)
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| Toen |
Thanks, yeah, I really like some of the procedural abilities of the nurbs objects. I wish similar abilities existed with shapes and poly objects.
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6/24/2008 4:42:56 AM (last edit: 6/24/2008 4:42:56 AM)
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