Hi
I'm looking for a tutorial on how to do something like this ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDf3frDxn-U
In particular, what is likely happening with the single Custom Attribute that controls the opening and closing of the flower? Would that be controlling the Morpher on each petal? How would I set that up?
Thanks
Mark
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Hello @MarkAldred,
Interesting rig here, cool find. I found the author's website and he'd mentioned that he used Maxscript to rig it, so it seems like the attribute holder (more) is controlling a few things with that one attribute spinner. There seems to be a bend that happens laterally, a bend/curl which goes vertically, and lastly it looks like those petals rotate a bit on their local pivot with the pivot point set to where they connect to the bud/center. I'd imagine the petals are not attached to the center of the flower, they are all separate objects, likely in a group. (Guessing.)
So I think that you might have to experiment a bit with the scripting for controller those modifiers or properties of the object and then make a maxscript that creates a function that is called and then combines those things to happen at the same time and is then added to a custom attribute holder. I do have more information here about scripted custom attributes. I realize this is answer is a bit wide. Does that help at all?
Best Regards,
Alfred (AJ) DeFlaminis
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Thanks Alfred.
"Scripted custom attribute" is more than enough to be getting on with. I'll look into it.
Happy to help @MarkAldred, thanks for the update! If you have any questions please let me know.
Best Regards,
Alfred (AJ) DeFlaminis
3ds Max Technical Support Specialist
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