Animatable vine


#1

Hey guys,

i am attempting to make a vine/root animation. I havent created such a thing before and Im having trouble thinking of a suitable tool to do it. Id like for it to come out of nowhere( the ground) and spiral upwards.
First i thought of using the slice modifier, because the plane hides the bottom/upper part and it can be animated, but its not quite what i’d imagined.

If you look at this video on [2:05] - autopipe ( creation of an animatable pipe from spline)
it is exactly or at least damn close to what i want to do. Problem is i dont have 50$ to spare for this, and i’d like to create it myself.

Anybody has any ideas on how to accomplish this? Oh im using 3ds Max by the way.


#2

In maya I would create curves out of particles and then extrude a shape along. Max should have such a tool right ?