Ribbon Grid


#1

Hey everybody… I need help on something.
I use Softimage 2015 and I have a grid on a curve path and i want the grid mesh to behave as a ribbon.
I can not use cloth because in that occasion the grid cannot follow the path.
I used bend and twist deformers but again i can’t get any good results…
The grid has low geometry but it’s smoothed…Also i have extruded normals so it can be a little thick.

I will appreciate any help
Any ideas? Any plugins that would help me?\


#2

It’s sounds like you should be using Deform by Curve animate the Translation along Curve, And just to be clear, don’t use a path constraint.


#3

I wasn’t clear and i apologize for that.
I have already done that but I would like also the grid that is deformed by curve, to have behave like a ribbon.
Imagine that is a photographic film which is flying in the air. But i would like to get the grid twisted or sth like that. I used teist taper bend deformers but none of them is good for me.
Is there any other way (for example, parameters) or sth else that i could use?

Thank you for your time


#4

Yes, that is exactly what Deform by Curve does. More info:

http://docs.autodesk.com/SI/2015/ENU//index.html#!/url=./files/deforms_CurveandSurfaceDeformations.htm