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  • Mograph and Spline Effector

    Posted by Simon Roughan on July 14, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    I have a piece of pipe, and i want it to grow piece by piece along a spline. I have it in a cloner, and have a spline effector. The problem is, the pieces wont bend around the curves. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
    Thanks in advance
    Simon

    Simon Roughan replied 14 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Adam Trachtenberg

    July 14, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    Use a spline wrap object instead of the spline effector.

  • Simon Roughan

    July 14, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Hmmmm, nearly. But I need the straight pieces of pipe to bend organicly round a curve. Can you suggest a way to set it up so?
    Thanks again for your help…

  • Simon Roughan

    July 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    Ahhhh… I have it, thanks

  • Michael Szalapski

    July 14, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Got it? Great! For when future people search the forums with a similar issue, would you mind sharing your solution?

    – The Great Szalam
    (The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

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  • Simon Roughan

    July 15, 2011 at 7:40 am

    Yes of course, it was so simple it was embarrassing.
    Lets just say 100 segments bend better than 1!

    Simon.

  • Michael Szalapski

    July 15, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    I have a feeling this is one of those things that can get you no matter how experienced you are. “WHY WON’T THIS STUPID THING DO WHAT I WAN…oh…”

    – The Great Szalam
    (The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

    No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.

  • Brian Jones

    July 15, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    here’s a simple setup

    2605_pipedeformingalongspline.c4d.zip

  • Simon Roughan

    July 18, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    Thanks for that, mate. Thats about exactly as I made it too.
    Great minds yada yada yada….

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