particle trails with twirls

[chrisperry05]

Hi,

I want to create some twirling ribbons from some particles but can't seem to get it working properly.

I'm using the trail example from the help files and have added some angular velocity to the particles to get them to spin. I've tried using the sweep sop but the cross section always stays pointing in the same direction i guess because this is what it's meant to do. I've also tried using a copy sop and then skinning it, this kind of works but only if you group the particles and then have a seperate copy sop and skin sop for each group, unfortunately i want to have lots of trails so this isn't really a viable option.

I've attached a quick hip using the help file and any advice would be great.

Thanks

Chris

[J.Santos]

Hi Chris!

You forgot the attached .hip...

I think Peter Claes tutorial on particles addresses something similar, if I understood correctly your idea! (3dBuzz or try Peter Claes website)

[chrisperry05]

Ah, sorry about that, i've attached the file now. i hope.

I' will check these out, thank you.

I've just been playing around a bit more and using the add sop and increasing the size of the points gives me something close to what i want, but it would be nice to have more control.

ribbon_twirls_test.hipnc

[chrisperry05]

Just realised i can use attrib create and get more control thanks to Peter Quints "Ramps" tutorial.

Be nice to know of a way to use other shapes etc though rather than just polys.