how do I make it so that a flat plane follows and deforms to a curve with sharp corners?
so that with the middle of the curve is flat with a sharp corner each end. like a U shape but all straight lines.
the plane is to stick to the curve and from above it will not be seen cos it is in line with the curve.
thanks all
PS it is to look like a slide show on a screen.
here is the small blend file
follow a curve.blend (488 KB)
The solution is to have the ‘follow curve’ option enabled on the constraint and to add a ‘curve’ modifier on your plane as well with the same curve you used to follow. But you’ll experience several issues, mostly to do with object origins and axis orientation, which to this day, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around and I hope you can figure out with experimentation. I get wild with frustration every time I attempt to figure it out so I’m sorry but that’s about as much help as I can be. Also, I’ve had better luck with path objects rather than bezier’s in the past.
thanks - nobody else seem to know for sure either!
pre 2.6 it worked fine.
follow a curve.blend (1020 KB)are you trying for this?
not necessary to use the follow curve constraint if this is what you want
Thanks that is exactly what I need!
as I cannot see the path, how do I adjust it? and I need 9 planes! but then it slows down to a crawl!
it needs to have one frame at the bottom of the path. 150 frames later the next one and so on.
thanks.
PS computer crashes with this file!
I just dug out one of my old files that did this fine. does not work in 2.6x
There are endless possibilities… Here’s a lightweight version of DruBan’s file; it has all you need i hope.
Example has 3 planes, you can duplicate any plane and move on timeline where needed using Action editor -G grab and slide plane’s action.
You could use one plane and keyframe animate texture for it too.
http://www.pasteall.org/blend/41306
thanks eppo that looks great. do I use the usual I key to hold it at the end for the 150 frames?
I think keep mouse cursor above yellow Action stripe and either G to move action (in time) or S to scale selected (pointed by cursor) action strip which will make it longer or shorter in time.
thanks - I don’t quite understand all that but will see what I can do!
Thank very much
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follow a curve_DruBanADJj 3.blend (1.09 MB)
