Maya Animation - Animating an arrow along a curve
Author: Steven Murdoch
This tutorial will show you how to animate a simple object, like an arrow along a curve or path. You will be introduced to creating a curve / path to define the animation direction, how to attach an object to the path using the Attach to Motion Path option, and how to deform your object with a lattice, using the Flow Path Object option from the Motion Paths toolset.
Launch Video (4m 37s)
The following assets have been made available if you wish to follow along with the tutorial:
arrow_object.ma
arrow_animation_complete.ma
This tutorial was recorded using Autodesk Maya 2008 Unlimited Extension 1.
Some aspects of this tutorial may differ depending on the software version being used.
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Comments
2009-06-08: ashok said:this is good tutorils
2009-11-18: dheeraj sharma said:
very good tutorial.
2010-08-18: Reeses said:
Awesome tutorial, thanks!
2010-11-22: Asad Kazmi said:
good tutorial, thankyou
2011-12-22: Caya said:
Brilliant, thanks so much for this. I've spent ages searching the web for a good, straightforward tutorial to help me animate a simple pulley system.
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