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Animating text along a helix using a spline wrap deformer
Hi everyone,
I have a text object using a spline wrap deformer along a helix spline with an additional helix as a rail for rotation. I’m using a plane effector on the text object to move the position of each character towards the centre of the helix. I have a linear field animated along the text object driving the plane effector.
The issue I’m having is that on initial setup the characters move towards the centre of the helix as expected. When I go to make changes such as adding a bevel to the text however, or adding a random effector, the characters move outside of the helix? Still driven by the linear field but in the opposite direction on the same axis?
Not sure what’s causing this?
replied 1 year, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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Hi Fred,
I opened the attached file and made some changes to the text but what you mentioned did not happen to me, I hope you could record the screen to make the issue more clearer.
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Hi Kouraib,
Thank you for taking the time to look at this! Here’s a screen recording of the issue?
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You are welcome, Fred! I think the problem is that the center of the Spline Wrap is not identical to the Helix center. By bringing the center closer, you could avoid the characters going outside the track, as in the screen recording below. I hope this will be useful for you.
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