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  • Make cube bend/move along spline?

    Posted by Espen Jakobsen on October 20, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    Hi!

    I’m a total C4D noob. Just wathced the 3D ribbon tutorial which was a good one! But what I’m wondering about is it possible to animate/extrude a cube or even a cylinder along a spline the same way that the plane was done in the tutorial?

    I linked up my cube to the arc spline just like in the ribbon tutorial but as you can see it dosen’t bend along like the ribbon did:
    https://espenja.com/feedback/cube.png

    It follows the spline and the ends seem to rotate accordingly, but can I also bend it? I’ve tried using a bend object but don’t understand much how it works.

    Espen Jakobsen replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Brian Jones

    October 20, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    Your cube only has one division by the look of it. If it’s a default cube give it more than 1 segment, if you made the cube editable already then Subdivide it.

  • Espen Jakobsen

    October 21, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Ah, thanks! Now it does exactly what I want 🙂

    Anyone know about a good place on the internet to get started with C4D? Free tutorials? The only ones I know about are the free ones at Cineversity.

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