Help needed (Bending / Twisting?)
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Helmut
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* Hi Charles
* I suggest that a sweep may be the preferable solution.
* This gives you control of any of the points on the axis of the cable.
* I simply used a 360° helix with 4 sections and edited the end points.
* If any animation is planned, you can point record the spline to have the cable curl or uncurl.
* I suggest that a sweep may be the preferable solution.
* This gives you control of any of the points on the axis of the cable.
* I simply used a 360° helix with 4 sections and edited the end points.
* If any animation is planned, you can point record the spline to have the cable curl or uncurl.
Charless
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Helmut
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* This seems to be just a catheter plus an outer inflatable tubule and some serrated ridges which hold it in place when sitting in an artery or vein. As such, modelling that from scratch should be rather trivial.
* There is a great script (from Hiroto, I guess) which allows flowing meshes onto a spline. This predefined spline, in your case, would be the path of the blood vessel to be treated. Not sure if this script is, indeed, called spline wrap or something else. I often rename scripts.
* There is a great script (from Hiroto, I guess) which allows flowing meshes onto a spline. This predefined spline, in your case, would be the path of the blood vessel to be treated. Not sure if this script is, indeed, called spline wrap or something else. I often rename scripts.
Charless
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Helmut
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* Blood vessels are largely static constructs. Major traumata and associated surgery are, of course, an exception.
* To model these vessels, be they arteries or veins, splines are most likely already existing to generate a network of tubules. As such, tweaking serrenators on the basis of preexisting splines seemed - to me - the simple solution.
* Needless to say, deploying linear joints for animation is a valid alternative.
* Some time ago I have modelled processes of complex open-heart surgery and used the very method suggested by @podperson. In some of these cases the heart is basically reconstructed (with reduced efficiency) using the bits which are useful and can be made functional.
* To model these vessels, be they arteries or veins, splines are most likely already existing to generate a network of tubules. As such, tweaking serrenators on the basis of preexisting splines seemed - to me - the simple solution.
* Needless to say, deploying linear joints for animation is a valid alternative.
* Some time ago I have modelled processes of complex open-heart surgery and used the very method suggested by @podperson. In some of these cases the heart is basically reconstructed (with reduced efficiency) using the bits which are useful and can be made functional.