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# 1 27-11-2004 , 10:32 PM
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motion path..

i am working on a little progect that calls for a little beam of light to go from one point to annother, i was going to make a sphere and run it on a motion path with a glow intensity, what i need to know is how to create a motion path and how to make an object run on it at a desired speed
any help is much apreciated ^^
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# 2 28-11-2004 , 04:12 AM
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create a curve. select the object, shift select the curve. In the animation menu, under curves, attach to curve. In the options you can set the start and stop keys for timing.
 
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