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# 1 12-06-2006 , 04:13 PM

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I have some experience with maya and i want to create an animation where a surface is supposed to crack. I want to show the crack originating from a certain point and spreading outwards. I know that I can create cracks with maya effects but I don't think i can animate them. Is there any way around this other than the long and hard way of creating clusters and animating the vertices?

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# 2 13-06-2006 , 08:14 AM

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Well in rostoon's animation thread, he mentioned using blend shapes for his crack. You can model a bunch of the cracks insquences, and add the blendshapes in sequences. I thought it looked really cool how his came out.

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# 3 13-06-2006 , 08:46 AM

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Man that's a great idea! Wouldn't have thought of using Blend shapes.

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# 4 16-06-2006 , 05:13 AM

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Thanks for the tip. I tried to look for the thread you mentioned but i couldn't find it. So I went and tried the blend shapes idea myself. I still had to manipulate lots of vertices and deal with overlapping edges. could you tip me on how to do it in a simpler way.

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# 5 16-06-2006 , 05:33 AM

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He doens't say how to do it in his thread, just said he used blendshapes. I've never done this before, so I can't really help you. You should ask him yourself. An idea I have to approach is to just model the crack first, just to see how it looks. After you finish it, put it in a layer, use it as a reference, then build yourself the model you referenced one at a time, limiting yourself to the amount of geo you used. I think that sounded a bit confusing, so you should ask him yourself. Wish I could help. user added image

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# 6 19-06-2006 , 04:25 AM

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Bevel and parse

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# 7 19-06-2006 , 10:40 AM

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I saw a plugin once for this.. https://www.blastcode.com it looks very cool

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# 8 19-06-2006 , 11:46 AM

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have u seen the price for blastcode though

Now at SMU doing BSc 3D Computer Animation so its hard to get on here
My wire render tut https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...threadid=20973

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# 9 19-06-2006 , 12:22 PM

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Wow, very impressive code...but 1500 bucks is steepe, even the light is 300...cool though...

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# 10 19-06-2006 , 08:23 PM

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yes looks pretty expensive but there is also a cheaper version: $295.00

A new "lighter" version of Blast Code for animators looking for a quick and easy solution to surface destruction. Contains our most popular blast surface. Convert any NURBs surface into a fracturable object instantly, and then destroy it just as quickly.

Machine gun burst, rocket blasts, torpedo hits, or shot gun scatter, unleash your fury on those 3D models!

Available for:
Windows 2000/XP -- Maya 5, 6, 6.5, or 7
MacOS-X -- Maya 6, 6.5, or 7

Blast Code 1.2 "Kiloton" $295.00

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