breaking up an object and rotating it…..

[Adam Trachtenberg]

This is a bit complex, but probably not as bad as TP. 😉

1801_tornadotoobject.c4d.zip

Probably more complex than it needs to be actually, but here’s what’s going on:

I have a matrix object with about the number of particles as the final object has polygons (a few more);

I have another matrix object that’s cloned onto the torus;

The second matrix object has an animated inheritance effector that makes the particles go from the torus object to the first matrix object. Along the way it passes through a twist deformer, which forms the tornado;

Finally I have the torus object modified by a polyfx object, which has an inheritance effector assigned that causes the polygons to follow the second matrix object.

Also some random effectors to, uh, add randomness.

As I think about it now I probably could have used just one matrix object with a plane effector and random effectors to make the tornado, and then inherited that.

[Craig Whitaker]

Hey Adam,

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I see that you’re using a primitive torus, if I’m using editable poly for this (let’s say a cube sliced up (Thrausi’d) into 100 pieces, is the process still the same?

Thank you,
Craig

Craig Whitaker
MFA Candidate
New York University
http://www.craigwhitaker.net

[Adam Trachtenberg]

If the object has already been split up you would put the pieces into a fracture object instead of using the polyfx object.