carve tool equivalent in maya

[kunal]

Hi

im trying to animate a mesh made with different tubes. Basically its a formation effect where we see various circles form a whole mesh of tubes.

I know how to do this in houdini by animating the U and V values on the carve tool but i cant use Houdini for this project. Anyone knows how to do the

same thing in maya....I know how to extrude a circle on a nurbs curve. Just need to know the correct workflow for doing the animation so i can control the extrusion

over a period of time.

ur help will be greatly appreciated

[mawi]

Hi

im trying to animate a mesh made with different tubes. Basically its a formation effect where we see various circles form a whole mesh of tubes.

I know how to do this in houdini by animating the U and V values on the carve tool but i cant use Houdini for this project. Anyone knows how to do the

same thing in maya....I know how to extrude a circle on a nurbs curve. Just need to know the correct workflow for doing the animation so i can control the extrusion

over a period of time.

ur help will be greatly appreciated

When doing the extrusion you have to change from complete -> partial in the extrude option box(is that the name?).

If you now look in you channel box you will have 2 inputs called subCurve1 & subCurve2. Animate the min/max values there.

Edit...

I would never call it "carve tool equivalent".

Edited April 23, 2010 by mawi

[kunal]

When doing the extrusion you have to change from complete -> partial in the extrude option box(is that the name?).

If you now look in you channel box you will have 2 inputs called subCurve1 & subCurve2. Animate the min/max values there.

Edit...

I would never call it "carve tool equivalent".

[kunal]

thank you so much....that should do it

and yes ur right....its not an equivalent ?(like most things maya), just a passable substitute

[wiz79]

thank you so much....that should do it

and yes ur right....its not an equivalent ?(like most things maya), just a passable substitute

Kunal is using maya!.. oh NOes

=)

Ron

[kunal]

hey Ron....sadly yeah i am using it fr this one project

tell u the details later n sure hope to get back to houdini

Edited April 26, 2010 by kunal