Flaps

Submitted by Daniel Wichterich on Tue, 2012-02-07 08:38
11 votes
Version: 
0.1
Date Updated: 
02/07/2012
Author Name: 
Daniel Wichterich

Flaps simplifies animation of flipping planes. You select one edge, let Flaps generate a new plane which then will be rotated around that edge. Finally Flaps generates a spinner you can use to control and retime the whole animation.

Additional Info: 

If you create something interesting with it, i would love to see it: [email protected]

1. Run script
2. Select a plane object.
3. Press "Initialize"
3. Select the edge you want to rotate around
4. Press "New Plane"
5. Rotate the new plane to its final position
6. Repeat from 3
7. After the creation of the last plane press "Finish"
8. Control animation using the custom attribute of your first plane

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http://www.danielwichterich.de
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Submitted by Daniel Wichterich on Wed, 2012-02-08 04:39.

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yes, base object has to be a plane

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Submitted by MLB on Wed, 2012-02-08 03:01.

Am I correct in assuming that

Am I correct in assuming that this only does rectangular planes?

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