Cylinder with more than 200 height segments

[magicm]

Hey Dare,

Nope, you can't go beyond 200. . Another option for you might be an animated opacity map. Create a loft, add a gradient map to the opacity slot and animate it. .

Here's an example from Swami Lama:

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Method to leave a 'snail-trail' along a spline. Good for visualizing course of vehicles, or creating a 'write-on' effect for text, etc.

P.S. - Extract all files into common folder.

SNAILTRAILMETHOD-V1_1.ZIP (http://support.discreet.com/webboard/wbpx.dll/upload/SnailTrailMethod-v1_1.zip)
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Martijn

[halo]

why not just animate a loft??

[Dave Black]

Or, you could simply grab the height ring and use a multiple connection tool with EP to do what you want.

-3DZ

:D

[Dare]

Ok, thanx a lot for the replies :thumbsup:

I've already solved the problem with animated loft, but this one with animated opacity looks great , thanx magicm :)

:beer:

[fabriciomicheli]

Controlling scale in the loft object I think is the solution.
You can use even bezier controllers to define the scale, and another params like twist, and so on.

Very useful.
:thumbsup:

[rayboy]

I too would like to animate a cylinder extruding along a curving path ( like toothpaste being squeezed) but am having difficulty.

I have tried using a path deform but this just shoots off at a totally undesired angle.

Also I can't see any animatable parameters under the loft rollout and can find nothing under the help files about animating a loft.

How does one go about it exactly?

[Dare]

Under the deformations tab of your loft object, find scale, you have to create two extra keys. Than you have to animate those keys, see the picture below :

http://studio.bozic.co.yu/Loft.jpg

best regards

:)

[rayboy]

Thanks for that Dare. I'd never have found that in a month of Sundays.

Cheers!

rayboy

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