'growing' spiral stair problem

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hi,

i’ve been trying to animate a growing shape by adapting the spiral stair tutorial here:

http://download.blender.org/documentation/oldsite/oldsite.blender3d.org/2_Blender%20tutorial%20Building%20a%20Spiral%20Stair.html

but i’m starting to think i may be on the wrong track.

the dupliframes option does just what i need, except i need the staircase to grow in the animation, and not be constantly built in every frame.

can i adapt this method or do i need to adopt a different method to automatically duplicate objects in time?

thanks for any suggestions,

Jonbon

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Dupli Frames is a modeling tool - not animation tool.
Can you describe how exactly you want the stair to “grow”, because there are different ways of “growing” :slight_smile:
Like this?