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Flow path object problems

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:44:53 GMT

I wonder if somebody can help me please, I’m trying to animate an object along a path and most of it is working but I have two issues that I can’t get fixed so would be grateful for any help please.

The first problem is the object seems to ‘jitter’ as it moves along the path, I had to key the front twist manually to get it to move properly but at various places a long the path it jitters from side to side and I’ve no idea how to stop that from happening so that it flows smoothly.

Also I’m having a problem with applying the flow path object, my model is a high poly object but when I try to do this it’s destroying the model and it isn’t bending at all. It seems to me as if Maya is treating it as a very low poly object but also the distortion is changing frame by frame rather than consistently. I’ve attached a screed shot of the problem.

Re: Flow path object problems

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:55:46 GMT

If it helps I've uploaded a sample file

Re: Flow path object problems

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:17:58 GMT

I created a scene similar to this and the deformer seemed to reverse the object along the path AND reverse the faces of the model itself! (So the model appeared black). Very weird stuff, my guess is a bug. There are LOTS on Mac! 😞

Re: Flow path object problems

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:42:53 GMT

same thing happened to me!