Help Modelling A Banner

[jayhatch]

Im trying to make this: Banner

Is this the best way of going about it?

I have laboured making the curves, but don't seem to be able to get any surfaces to attach, I started to create a polyCuve and extrude with the intention of converting to subD but this seemed like an even longer way. Can someone steer me down the right path?

I have only been using maya for about 3 months and am doing DVD tutorials around projects I need to deliver.

Cheers Guys,

Jay

[naughty]

I would go for the simplist method, but it really depends what you want to do with it once you've built it..

anyway, build you banner exactly as it would exist in real life without the twisting.. i.e. as a long thin straight plane (with the little triangle cuts in each end).

then draw a curve you want to be it's "path".

Then use Animate > Motion Path > Attach to Motion Path to place the straight banner along the path.. it will still be rigid, and animating the scene will show the rigid banner moving down the path.

then use Animate > Motion Path > Flow Path Object which will make the object shape flow along the curvature of the path. You will have to play around with the lattice divisions in the options to make it flow smoothly (300+)

you can now play the animation to get the banner in the correct position and/or manipulate the curve CVs to modify the banner shape.

using this approach I knocked up your banner in 2 mins, but there are a few more ways you could do it if you wanted more control over the resulting banner shape...

:nathaN

[jayhatch]

Nice, nice nice...

Thanks for the help that was what I was looking for. A quicker simpler way of doing something.

Thank you

[joojaa]

If you want realy cool attacha sine defoprmer to it Before the path anim and then you can wave it even more freely.