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  • repeating object on spline

    Posted by Mike Johnson on January 6, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    Running 10.111 Core

    I have what I’m sure is a very siomple question. I think I’m confusing myself with Loops, Duplicates, and so forth.

    I have an arc with a sphere at either end. I want to “shoot” a series of spheres from one end of the arc to the other. The travelling sphere is smaller than the endpoints, such that it appears as if it is generated by the endpoint sphere.

    I’m fine with animating along the spline. I’m having trouble duplicating it so that I have a series of balls travelling at regular intervals, in one direction (not bouncing back and forth). What would be the best way to do this? Using the Duplicate Along Spline won’t do it, as animating that stretches the duplicates along the spline.

    Ultimately, I want these spheres to “pulse” along the spline.

    Thanks.

    Adam Trachtenberg replied 16 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Adam Trachtenberg

    January 7, 2010 at 1:33 am

    Using MoGraph would be easiest if you have that module. Otherwise you’re looking at a plugin or some Xpresso.

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