Animated surface extrude and texturing

[shane-sternstein]

Hey guys this is my first time posting. I've been having some really frustrating issues with an animated extrusion. I have extruded a polygon shape along a curve, using the tube function. However when i try to either procedural texture or uv texture model, the textures swim. I need textures to stay on certain sides, but they keep changing. Now i am assuming that the vertex number changes when the shape continues to grow, so that is why the uvs keep changing. Also i had notice that when i set the function to flat that the texture comes out fine. That is not really suffice for me since the object spirals and i don't want any penetration. Is there any way that i could bake the animation or other solutions to this problem.

Thanks

Shane

[joojaa]

Ahh yes THIS is the exact time when you use nurbs.

[shane-sternstein]

Hey Joojaa,

Thanks for the reply, however i had already tried Nurbs. The textures still swim and i believe it still goes back to the uvs not being a constant set.

Shane

[joojaa]

No the uvs of the nurbs are constant as they get no matter what the shape the uv'x are the same. Basically because nurbs dont have uv's per see but rether a paremeter space. Ok you will neeed a video to descide wich one you want.

Wait a few hours

i believe it still goes back to the uvs not being a constant set.

Dont belive know, its easy enough just ask maya.

[joojaa]

Ok sorry hasd some issues with my networsk providers page so i routed the anime elsewhere, Wuch result are you looking for the one oen the right or the one one the left?