Animating a path/curve to drive an object

bluedogyz400 · Post by **bluedogyz400** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:56 am

Hi there folks,

I know that with C4d you can set point level animation and animate a spline that drives the shape of an object. Is there a similar method for animating an object that is aligned to a bezier path?

For instance, if you created a chain vai the array modifier and aligned that chain to a path, how do you animate the path to drive the shape of the chain?

Thanks,
Seth

tcofer19 · Post by **tcofer19** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:26 am

You can add in a path (Shift + A, curves, path) then select both your objext and the path and press Ctrl + p and choose 'follow path'

CoDEmanX · Post by **CoDEmanX** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:06 pm

you can use shapekey-animted bevel and taper objects for curves

here is an example for bevel:
http://youtu.be/qt1XAYbpTj0