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How to make an object follow path and face the same direction as the other object
I have an object that follows path. Path shrinkwrapped to bigger object. I want to make the object follow path while facing the same direction as the bigger objects surface, not intersect while ...
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Follow Path with Shrinkwrap Modifier
I'm trying to use a Follow Path Constraint on a Curve that is being Shrinkwrapped to a surface.
When the Curve's Shrinkwrap Modifier is active, the object with the Follow Path Constraint is still ...
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How do I "Glue" an object to the surface of a mesh that is using a modifier?
I am trying to stick a tree to a path as the path begins to spiral/screw along the Y axis.
I have used the screw modifier to make the path spiral and then parented the tree using 3 vertices. This ...
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Blender camera with follow-path constraint does weird turns along curve
I have imported a 3D curve into Blender. It was obj and is now NURBS.
All the curve points' tilt values are set to 0.
I have created a camera with an empty parent object.
Then, attached a follow-path ...
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Follow Path Constraint with Object with Array and Curve modifier not working properly
I can't get the stars to follow the path. Tried everything I found in other questions to no avail.
here's the file
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How to use array modifier with follow path constraint (Cableway Chairs)
I am making a ski lift, pictured below. For the chairs, I am hoping to use a mix of an array modifier and a follow path constraint.
I have tried to use a curve modifier, but this offsets the whole ...
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Combining Curve modifier with Follow Path constraint
Is there a way to deform a mesh along the curve but also move the object along the curve?
if I add a Follow Path constraint with ...
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Procedural stairs driven by a curve
The idea is to create procedural stairs that are driven by a 2 point curve (or just 2 empties if possible). The curve/distance between empties controls the amount/length of stairs and the angle. I ...
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How to make this object child of another object, and conform to a curve at once?
I have an Asteroid object. It's following a path with the Follow Path constraint. Now I have a Tail object. I need it to stick to the Asteroid object, and at once conform to a curve, the same path ...
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How can I get text to "snake" along a path
I want to get my text to both move and deform ("snake") along a path. I can get either of these to work but not both.
Here is an example of using the Follow Path constraint on the text:
And if I ...
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Offset object duplicated along path
I have a curve and a sphere, and I would like to make 5 copies of that sphere move along the curve.
It's possible to duplicate them along the curve by making the sphere a child of the curve and ...
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Mechanical ribcage having variable number of ribs and derived heights
How do you create ribs that shrink in height along the inside of a track?
Here is a screen shot showing the problem:
With the array and mirror settings hidden, you can see a quarter rib:
The ribs ...
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Constraining vertices in the Z axis when array, curve and shrinkwrap modifiers applied
I'm creating a road on a 3D landscape. The road's path is defined in the X and Y axes using a bezier. I've created a small section which I'm then applying to the bezier using an array modifier and ...
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