Turning flat grid into sphere


#1

I have a flat grid, made of lines from Shapes and render on screen. On the grid squares are maps of various countries. The objects are all grouped into one entity. At some point in the animation I’d like to morph the above into a sphere.
Can anyone suggest a technique? I’m on Max9

Rory Tate
Canadian, OK


#2

Wrong forum.

Use a bend and a spherify modifier to create a morph target.

Do not use groups, but attach everything into an editable mesh or poly. You need a quite dens and even topology for thsi, so I suggest to create a plane and shapemerge he outlines onto it before applying the modifiers.


#3

Also, you might find this thread useful:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=572966


#4

Thanks for your suggestions.

Rory


#5

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.