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  Spline wrap not in same position as spline

  Posted by Jack Cook on March 31, 2010 at 3:27 pm

  I’m using Mograph Cloner to clone some arrows, and a SplineWrap object to animate them along a spline. The problem is that the arrows are not where the spline is, but offset from it quite a bit. How do I get the arrows to actually be ON the spline instead of away from it?

  thanks
  Jack

  Jeremy Allen replied 16 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jeremy Allen

  March 31, 2010 at 5:36 pm

  I haven’t used Spline Wrap too much, but I know you can get a similar result with the Spline Effector.. Have you tried that?

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  Jack Cook

  March 31, 2010 at 6:01 pm

  Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried it and it works.

  On experimenting further, I found that with the Spline Wrap the spline you use has to be closed. I was using an open linear spline with the spline wrap, and got the offsetting. But when I closed the linear spline, the arrows then were on the spline, but they were going in both directions instead of just one. The spline was a straight line, so this wasn’t what I wanted.

  Using a Spline Effector I could put the arrows on the open linear spline, and animate them, too. Great suggestion!

  Jack
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  Jeremy Allen

  March 31, 2010 at 6:18 pm

  Hey glad I could help. And thanks for following up with the results of your experimentation.

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  8core MacPro, 3.0 GHZ, 10GB RAM, OSX 10.5.6

  C4D 11.5
  AE CS3
  FCP 6.0.1

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