Model and animate a prism

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# 1 16-01-2004 , 01:47 AM

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Anyone got any suggestions on the best way to model a prism for animation? I think prism is the word i'm looking for, like a spiral opening. I'm sure if i had an animation of one in front of me i'd have no problem but i don't and i'm struggling to see how to do it.

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# 2 16-01-2004 , 02:41 AM

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Do you mean a shutter? Like a camera shutter type thing?

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# 3 16-01-2004 , 02:41 AM

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yeah, that's the sort of thing i'm looking for Mike

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# 4 16-01-2004 , 02:51 AM

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I wouldn't imagine it'd be too tough. The biggest trick to it is placing the pivot points where they'd need to go so when you rotate the shutters, it opens.

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# 5 16-01-2004 , 03:17 AM

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I think you're right, i don't see it as that difficuilt to do, i just need to find some reference pics for shape and to see how the animation works exactly.

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