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You learn some thing new every dayCreate a flow path object it adds a deformer to the mesh around a curve - no fuss job done!
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Ya unfortunately this is what I get when I hit flow path object. The object doesn't go to the curve, and its all scewed on itself at the bend.Create a flow path object it adds a deformer to the mesh around a curve - no fuss job done!
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Why not just duplicate faces of the cover, scale them and then animate the verts?
Here is a crude example...
https://youtu.be/5PhcrNCc5Bo
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It required I align every thing first, freeze trans, center pivots, etc.
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Thanks for going to all that trouble, but the motion of the animation was important.I agree the image looks to be a mess but it does nothing to show how you created the flow path object so one cannot tell what has gone wrong.
Why not just duplicate faces of the cover, scale them and then animate the verts?
Here is a crude example...
https://youtu.be/5PhcrNCc5Bo
So I wanted it to flow, hence using a curve.
think Im nearly there now though.
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but I take it the flow path worked then??
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But it seems with Maya you gotta do that. It never works first time. I think I changed a setting to o on the lattice and messed with the up vector. But I have no idea why I had to do that.
Maya = frustrating.
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