[herrschobel]

Hey Guys...i am about to finish an animation but the last bit kills me ...
picture the following scenario:

a bunch of cables comes through a hole ...they glide and flow through the scene and finally form a typographical logo...
this is done by the cables sort of wrapping around the "invisible" type which then becomes visible ...

i hope this makes sense ...
i´d really appreciate a couple of hints where to start...

its very important for me to have control of the path those cables move along...

cheers

m.

[SFX]

Create splines as you want the cables to be then use animated sweeps nurbs to reveal them for the animation

[herrschobel]

SFX, on 10 December 2010 - 02:26 PM, said:

Create splines as you want the cables to be then use animated sweeps nurbs to reveal them for the animation

cheers for the quick answer...the main problem i am having here is the part where the cables flow around the type ... i know i could wrap the cables around the type by hand...i was just wondering if there is a smarter method to wrap splines around objects....projecgion for example doesn´t work for complex shapes like type ....
i´l figure it out....someday..... i hope...;)/>
and keep up the good work...great site !
m.

[SFX]

not sure, try spline dynamics ( hair splines ?) or maybe use TP to swarm particles around which trail splines