POTO2220
10-23-2008, 08:42 AM
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I need help!!! Is there any way to animate or morph two objects that have a different point count?? Here's the rub. An engineer working in Solidworks gave me two states of a given device. The device is shown open and closed.
He created the two states in the same app, but he didnt pay attention to keeping geometry exactly the same.....now, I've converted the models in Studiomax to 3DS (started as IGES) and then brought them into LW Modeler with zero problems.
well...the problem is I cannot morph between the two states as their geometry doesn't share the same amount of points....what can I do to animate this device slowly closing between these two frozen states of the model....am I stuck disolving them with opacity or are there any tricks I can do to actually animate it closing.
as an example, imagine someone gave you a model of a paperclip in its normal state, then gave you a model of a paper clip contorted into a new squashed state....you dont have the ability to change the original paperclip into this exact shape so you want to morph between the two....except the point count is off....what to do?????? help, I need to wrap this anim by the end of next week....thanks in advance.
I need help!!! Is there any way to animate or morph two objects that have a different point count?? Here's the rub. An engineer working in Solidworks gave me two states of a given device. The device is shown open and closed.
He created the two states in the same app, but he didnt pay attention to keeping geometry exactly the same.....now, I've converted the models in Studiomax to 3DS (started as IGES) and then brought them into LW Modeler with zero problems.
well...the problem is I cannot morph between the two states as their geometry doesn't share the same amount of points....what can I do to animate this device slowly closing between these two frozen states of the model....am I stuck disolving them with opacity or are there any tricks I can do to actually animate it closing.
as an example, imagine someone gave you a model of a paperclip in its normal state, then gave you a model of a paper clip contorted into a new squashed state....you dont have the ability to change the original paperclip into this exact shape so you want to morph between the two....except the point count is off....what to do?????? help, I need to wrap this anim by the end of next week....thanks in advance.