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Create a motion path animation

Create a motion path animation

Create a motion path using keys

 

User Guide > Animation > Animation > Path Animation > Create a motion path animation > 

Create a motion path using a curve

To create a motion path by attaching an object to a curve

1. Create a NURBS curve.

   The curve is the path along which the object moves. The direction you create the curve is the direction the object moves.

2. Select the object you want to animate on the path, and then -select the curve.
   NoteYou can animate many objects along the same path curve by first selecting the objects, and then selecting the curve. You must select the curve to be used as the path curve last.
3. Select Animate > Motion Paths > Attach to Motion Path.

   The object moves to the point on the curve where it is positioned for the current time. Also, two motion path markers with numbers appear at each end of the curve. These markers indicate the position and time at which the object moves to those marker positions.

4. To view the animation of the object, click the Play button in the Playback controls.
   TipIf your object does not follow the motion path, it may be due to existing transforms on the parent of the object. To move force the object to follow the path, attach the parent of the object o the motion path instead of the object, and then move the parent’s pivot until the object (its child) is on the path.