3 bend or even more ?

[AdamT]

Is your third deformer set to "Unlimited"? That might be the problem.

[pasto]

No Adam

I tried every configuration, they are all limited. The deformation acts on the "begining" of the plane strangely.

thanx anyway.
I am really stuck on this.
Any workaround ?

pasto

[AdamT]

I can't think of a workaround offhand, except you could use MSA to get the same effect if you have the plugin or don't mind buying it.

[pasto]

I have it Adam
Much longer to configure than simple bend though...

:cry:

thanx a lot Adam

apsto

[artemesia66]

make sure the orange handle points towards where you want the plane to "exit" the deformer. its not the third deformer, it's the direction it's pointing that's the problem.

[SeanL]

Thanks Artemesia. That's good to know.:)

[pasto]

thanx artemesia, that's good but not completly efficient, I get always the same problem with 6 bends, is there an angle limitation ?

see the image please.
pasto


http://www.mayalounge.com/bends.jpg

[AdamT]

Originally posted by pasto
I have it Adam
Much longer to configure than simple bend though...

:cry:

thanx a lot Adam

apsto
Huh? You can do this in 5 minutes with MSA! Less even.

[artemesia66]

hmmm. the probelm isn't the total number of bends: it seems to be that the bend deformer considers everything within the arc radius to be included in a limited bend. see image. more of a bug than a feature i'd say. :hmm:

for what you're trying to do wouldn't you be better off using a spline rail deformer anyway? there's a good example called splinerail.c4d with a plane going through some rollers on the c4d disc.

[pasto]

You figured out the limitation Artemesia.
I guess it is the way the bend works, I will try in maya, but I guess it will be the same.

Yes Adam I know it is quite simple in MSA but there some other limitations (one object a a time) that bend hasn't.

Thanx so much for your help guys.
It is always a pleasure to learn things here.

pasto

[brammelo]

Pasto: It's super simple in Maya, you don't need a deformer (in the strict sense of the word) to do that, just use Animate>Motion Path>Attach to motion Path to link the object to a path, and then force the object to take on the shape of the path by using Flow Path Object. Of coursef, you need a path, but I don't think that you will have troubles drawing one :)

Cheers,
BaRa

[pasto]

Thanx a lot Bramelo
quite the same method as msa in c4d.



pasto

[Per-Anders]

i'm not sure if i see the problem here so much, why not just use the sweepnurbs object to sweep a rectangle along the path you need?

[pasto]

Yes Sadie, I didn't do that because the bends gave me great facility of use for regular angles (45° and 90°), I put several planes in the same group with the deformers in it etc... so once I have my path I just tweak the planes to get some graphic composition with it. I will post the movie if you want.

thanx a lot.

pasto

[AdamT]

Originally posted by mdme_sadie
i'm not sure if i see the problem here so much, why not just use the sweepnurbs object to sweep a rectangle along the path you need?
Problem with sweepnurbs is that you can only control growth from 0-100%. Sure would be nice if it had a start% and end% instead.

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