select the curve-- and free tangent weights.

can also break tangents
Joe

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good luck

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right click on the blade... choose isoparms..

with select tool drag an isoparm where you want...
goto edit NURBS> insert isoparm..
Joe

I have had this happen to me before...
I think this may be a bug...

during the batch render it says rendering ....render complete..
in about 3 seconds. And you say wow that was a fast render for...

I would use/read up on the animation snapshot tool--
(as Kbbrown said)
I havent used it, but It looks a lot easier for what your doin...

As for 'offsetting the time' - You just select the...

I think this is what your looking for....

Take your geometry and attach it to your curve
(as if you were going to animate it along a motion path)
Select the geometry, Edit > duplicate > options...

windows > settings/prefs > interface >
Check open attribute editor in separate window
Joe

window > settings/preferences > NURBS > shaded divisions
4 is about enough
Joe

you may have accidentally locked the channels....


In the channel box the atts will be greyed out...

select the greyed out channels in the channel box... right click in the fields > unlock...