CGTalk - animating esophagus

fproto

04-06-2003, 09:30 PM

hey, i need to know how to animate an object

by deforming it...

for example, i'm now making an esophagus...

i need the wavy effect, and i can't find a modifier

that does the job right.

is there a way to set a keyframe for ANY kind of modification?

thank you.

Stroker

04-06-2003, 09:55 PM

If you are doing what I think you are doing, try:
Space Warp > Stretch

fproto

04-07-2003, 08:37 PM

no sorry i meant more like a tube with things passing through it.

kind of like an all way wave effect.

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and animated so each bulging section goes down and etc.

you know, like those cartoon hoses with water pumping

through them. you know what i mean :hmm:.

Stroker

04-07-2003, 09:18 PM

Yeah, Stretch will do that.
Just takes some fiddling is all.

EricChadwick

04-07-2003, 09:28 PM

Many ways to do this. Another:

Stack should look like this:

Push
Volume Select (select an area to bulge)
Editable Mesh (or Editable Poly or whatever)

Then animate the movement of the VolSel gizmo.

fproto

04-07-2003, 09:46 PM

i'm only a beginner.

i'll try that thanks :D

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