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  Pro Animator FX – Animating a Cylinder Wrap

  Posted by Patrick Briar on October 3, 2013 at 2:19 pm

  I am trying to animate 3D text around a 3D primitive sphere. I set the text in the first pose with the “Cylinder Wrap” distribution. The Checkbox “animate around cylinder center” is checked. I set the second pose to animate 360 degrees around the common center. When I play the animation back, it does not animate at all.

  Am I missing something?

  Thank you,

  Patrick.

  Edward Wu replied 12 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Edward Wu

  October 4, 2013 at 8:03 pm

  Hi Patrick,

  The best way to animate a rotation is using the “Spin Y” action. This control is located in the Pose Actions section. Once you select Spin Y, type in 360 for the rotation, then check the Use Common Center checkbox and the text should spin for you.

  Best,
  Edward

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