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TSB

11-28-2005, 01:21 AM

hi there. i was wondering if anyone could share their technique for modeling a bullet casing thread for a weapon (please see pic). i’ve tried a few different approaches w/ no luck and my ideas are drying up.

any help is appreciated.

- model by Kristien Ashley

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/TSB1/gunfull.jpg

benclark

11-28-2005, 08:04 AM

I modeled one of these a few years ago. I found a way of modeling using animation but I cant really remember how I did it (sorry)

Basically you can specify a sweep curve and have the original bullet travel down the curve using a basic animation and leave instances of itself along the curve. I'll post again if I can remeber the setup

lutonomy

11-28-2005, 08:21 AM

Yeah, use what are called animation snapshots under the animate menu. It will work great. Just look it up in the help, it's quite simple to use.

TSB

11-28-2005, 08:18 PM

thanks. i'll have a look and see what i find.

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