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gunner13

08-26-2005, 02:15 AM

I am quite new to MAYA Dynamics. I am trying to animate a portion of toothpaste being squeezed out into a test tube. Should I use particles to do this? If yes, can u advise how do I go about doing this?

Crovex

08-26-2005, 02:10 PM

I think you would be better off hand animating it with blendshapes/lattice.

MikeRhone

08-26-2005, 06:22 PM

Lattice for sure. Or model a string of toothpaste, rig it with spline IK and tweak it via clusters/blendshapes for any subtle compression you need in the animation.

Mike

bjohnston

08-26-2005, 10:34 PM

Creat a curve in the shape you want it to squeeze out into, attach PFX "tube grey" located in "glass" to curve, change color and transparancy, then animate min or max clip on the PFX. Wallaa!

gunner13

08-27-2005, 03:52 AM

Thank you all for the tips! I'll go try it now! Deeply appreciated!:)

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