Hasta La Motion!

Please excuse the long post, I’ve included the MEL stuff.

I have some cubes that are attached to a motion path from this mel script…

for ($i=0; $i<10; $i++)
{
float $ropeUpos = ($i * 0.1) + .05;
select -r rope1;
polyCube -w 1 -h 2 -d 1 -sx 1 -sy 1 -sz 1 -ax 0 1 0 -cuv 4 -ch 1;
group; xform -os -piv 0 0 0;
string $dnaBlock [] = `ls -sl`;
string $motionPathNode1 = `pathAnimation -follow true -fractionMode true
-curve rope1 $dnaBlock[0]`;
select -r ($motionPathNode1 + "_uValue");
setAttr ($motionPathNode1 + ".uValue") $ropeUpos;
}

I want to have the ability to move the cubes away from the curve/motion path, and have them animate back onto the path at whatever point in time I decide. I would also like to be able to reshape the path/curve interactively, possibly even keyframe it, and have the cubes "snap" back to the path.

Is this possible?

Thank you very much,
Craig

Craig Whitaker
MFA Candidate
New York University
www.craigwhitaker.net

thank to all please speak it with video or picture.

bye

this is my first time to open the post. I have a question about rendering. you can see the picture there have so many place was dark. Even i set a high reflection or reaction or shadow rays etc.. the result also is it.. so how can i solve this problem . . the water was made by realflow. so there have many polygon.. pls help me..thank you so much

i tried to use the texture of dielec_material, blinn, mia_dielec_material.. sorry i dont know why i cannot upload.. so pls click it to see.its safe

http://www.go2upload.com/viewpic/2/b97ccf.html
http://www.go2upload.com/viewpic/2/cea66e.html
http://www.go2upload.com/viewpic/2/4e019f.html

I’ve been given a .fbx file from AutoCad and when I try to import into Maya 2010 on a Mac, it imports an empty parent object. Is there a way to make this import work correctly?

Thank you very much.

Best,
Craig