From the course: 3ds Max: Tips, Tricks and Techniques

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts.

Customize and cycle Path Constraint animation

Customize and cycle Path Constraint animation - 3ds Max Tutorial

From the course: 3ds Max: Tips, Tricks and Techniques

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

Customize and cycle Path Constraint animation

“

- [Instructor] In the previous movie in this weekly series, we rigged a spark gap transformer, or Jacob's ladder, using linked X form. This week, we will animate the movement of the helper object along a spline curve using a path constraint. We will customize the velocity of the movement. Also, customize the extents of the movement along the path and cause it to cycle. Next week, we will expand on this varying the cycles using wave form controllers. Select spark helper 001 and go to the motion panel. And, open up assign controller. And, we're going to assign a path constraint directly to the position controller here rather than doing it through the menus. And, I prefer to do it this way because I avoid an unnecessary list controller. So, I can just streamline the controller structure a little bit by doing it this way. Select the position controller and then, click the assign controller button. In the assign position controller dialogue, we want to choose path constraint and click OK…

Contents