Controlling materials

Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

# 1 08-01-2009 , 02:39 PM

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I have a panel of small LEDs which form a robots eyes and i use one material for the 'on' lights and another for the 'off' ones. I want the eyes to show expressions so i need a way of controlling the shape made by the 'on' eyes.

I don't know if it's even possible but can anybody think of a way of doing this?

Thanks,
Ben

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# 2 08-01-2009 , 04:12 PM

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You can use a lattice, for creating a such an effect
and you can use set driven key to drive the on with the off and vice versa

My website;
https://www.eyellem.com

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-van-stein/42/a81/b82

Yoda post;
https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...highlight=yoda

Indiana Jones Post;
https://srv01.simply3dworld.com/showt...threadid=29188

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# 3 08-01-2009 , 06:09 PM

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Hey,

Sorry i didnt explain it very well - i dont think youve got the idea of what i want to do.

Ive attached an image to show it better- the dots are like a screen which the robots eyes are displayed. The black dots are one material and the blue are another.

I want to keep the dots in the same place but change which have the blue material to make different eye shapes.

Thanks, I hope this is easier to understand
Ben

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