Path Animation & Rotation

[vertigo]

Guys,

I'm having trouble with the Path Animation. Path Animation works as advertised but if you add another Object animation the matrix transformation seems to be messed up.

I created a simple test file to demonstrate what I'm talking about.

Christian

[vertigo]

Guys,

If you don't mind can you confirm if this is a problem or am I doing something wrong?

I would like to have this function for the current project I'm working on. If it is a bug I will figure out an alterant approach.

Thanks!

C

[Radishworks]

Hi C,

(Nice sample! Thanks)

Hmmm, weird problem here. I'm not sure this is fixable - at least partly.

Here's the deal: the path animation is using the "Align to path" setting. This setting will align the object along the path (X, Y and Z). The Rotate animation can't really "play nice" with this align setting on. I'm not sure we can do anything to fix this one.

There does seem to be a bug when the align option is "off", and you are using the rotate animation with a path. We'll fix this for the next build.

Hope that helps.

Mike

[vertigo]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for getting back to me.

(Nice sample! Thanks)

As I become more familiar with EC creating a sample like this literally took minutes. This is a testament to the ease and productivity provided by EC and the team that developed it. Go EC!

There does seem to be a bug when the align option is "off",

I'm glad you were able to find and fix a problem. I'll program the rotation another way.

Cheers!

Christian

[RadishArtist]

Hi Christian,

Whenever you are going to put something on a path, my advice is to put the object in a group first. That way you have more freedom to do other things to the actual object.

So for your sample (and a nice little sample it is :)), put Box01 into a group, then cut and paste the follow path animation from the box to the group and you should now see your box rotating correctly while it is also aligning to the path.

Sue

[vertigo]

Sue,

That worked....thanks!

C