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Old 27-10-2004, 09:52 AM   #1
Jerome
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Default animating a line/ribbon that grows and bends through a map

Any one got any ideas on how to do this, I have to create numerous animations that will render out to swiftLW2 plugin so the geometry needs to be 4 sided polys to render in .swf

The animated ribbon needs to start from one position then stretch with bends in all 3 axis at different times untill it reaches its final destination - pretty straight forward you would think but it has me stummped - I am using LW7.5c on WinXP

It is for an interactive map systems with multiple start points and destinations.

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Old 09-11-2004, 01:40 AM   #2
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You can use the snake plugin... there is one in lightwave.,,, that allows objects to follow motion paths,.. i would create splines in modeler and then save them as motion paths to later import them to layout.
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