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motion path
i have been following mayas tutorials and i have got to a bit where i have to attatch a space ship to the curve i decided to make my own spaceship and curve but when i attatch it to the curve the ship follows the curve side ways how to i change this? so it goes front ways.
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select your spaceship and clcick ctrl+A to open the attribute editor, then select the motion path tab and under Motion Path Attributes change the front axis so the spaceshipfront is facing along the curve.
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im sure ill have another question soon lolEdit: ok already a new question i got to a bit where it wants to bank the wings to make it look like its turning realisticly but when i change the front twist ot does bank the ship it tilts the nose down? im guessing the set up of my spaceship aint right?
sorry if the size to big for the pic just wanted to show you to see if you can spot anything rong
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I would probably never connect geometry straight onto a path. I would first create a locator and attach that to the motion path. I would then move my geometry with the snap tool to the locator and parent my geometry to it.
This way your the model will follow the path but you are also free to translate and rotate it as you wish.
I hope that makes sense to you,
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Take it easy,
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just want to say great tutorial simple and easy to use i think i get it and ill give it ago later i guess all i got do is subsitute the camera for my object and not do the bit to make it face the middle i guess
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