• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Split Flap Display (Departure Board) Rig – Mograph?

  Posted by Tim West on August 17, 2015 at 1:45 pm

  Hi,

  I’m looking to create a Split Flap Display rig in C4D (similar to the old style departure boards in airports / train stations with flipping cards which create numbers & letters).

  The rig ultimately needs to consist of a grid of ‘units’ (top & bottom flaps) which can transition between images covering the entire grid – through to individual images on each unit.

  Ideally I would be able to customise the transitions too – for example a ‘cascade’ of flipping diagonally across the board, or a in a radial motion outwards from the centre.

  Here is an example of the effect I am looking to achieve:
  https://vimeo.com/101380658

  I’ve started to research this & figure that some kind of Mograph based rig might hold the solution – see below for my *very* basic attempt – planes in a radial cloner which are held in position by plain effectors – the cloner then being rotated to create the flipping motion (thanks to Base80 for the idea!).

  I fully appreciate this is a difficult effect to create as I have described, but any assistance or ideas on how to achieve this would be great.

  Thanks for your time,

  Tim

  Tim West replied 10 years, 8 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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