• Maxon Cinema 4D

  bend extrude voila!

  Posted by Jacob Mathew on April 5, 2006 at 3:50 pm

  I created a star-shaped spline. Then I applied the extrude nurb on it. Now I have this long star-shaped “stick”. Now, I want to bend it so its not fully straight but more upside down “U” shaped. (basically, im trying to create a jack-in-the-box animation where it extrudes forward and then recoils)

  I created a Bend deformer and droped it on my extrude nurb. Bending turned everything into a blob. I applied it to the star spline and had a little more control, but it was bending the star, not the extruded part. I THINK I was able to succesfully do this before, but I cant remember what I did. All I want (for the animation) is the extrusion to be straight, then curved, then straight, etc. Bouncy jack-in-the-box style. Any suggestions or tips would be much appreciated.

  Thanks.

  Brian Jones replied 20 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Brian Jones

  April 5, 2006 at 11:27 pm

  it should work if the star is the first child of your extrude and the bend is the second child

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