bwcc Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I love using Contortionist and use it a lot - the 64 bit version works much better with bigger models. But, I usually use an effector path to deform the geometry which as far as I know makes it impossible to animate the curve path over time. Does anyone have a method to animate the curve? The plug-in will use an imported path and I have tired to use morph targets to edit the curve of the path but it never seems to look quite right... Really wish there was a tool in EIAS to draw a bezier curve that could be animated over time to use as a deformation path. I guess as long as I am wishing, this should really be part of the deformation system. brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Houtzager Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hey Brian, I have played around with Contortionist a bit but I can't use it that often. What sort of stuff do you use it for? Can you animate a null and then parent that null to the Wiremaker pluggin perhaps to create a curve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwcc Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Since the 64 bit version came out, I use it for many things like building static models (then exporting / importing) and animating objects deforming to a curve. I do a lot of medical stuff, think of balloon catheter snaking through an artery. It works great, there is a time hit on rendering, but not as bad as it used to be. The problem is the deformation path is fixed. Sometimes I need to animate the object over the curve and have the curve change shape over time. Contortionist uses an Effector animation path to deform the models - I can use Path2Line to generate a path (geometry) export, modify the curve export the path again and import the curves as morph targets - really cumbersome, and the transition between morph targets is limited. I have the plug-in Wiremaker but have never used it and can't find any docs - does it do the same thanks as Path2Line? thanks, brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Houtzager Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 There are quite a few more options in Wiremaker and I have never seen it in the manual. Can make wires from lots of things. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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