soap wrapper unfolding animation

[rima]

<P>Hi guys,</P>
<P>&nbsp;can you help me out in aniamating the soap Wrapper that unfolds itself?</P>
<P>I have tried making morph shapes and also using bones to animate the wrapper opening... but its not coming out that good.</P>
<P>please help me out.... </P>
<P>(3d app: 3dsmax)</P>
<P>rima</P>
<P>"lust for cg"</P>

[andy_maxman]

- for a box kind wrapper.....a simple thing would be to do is detach
the sides of the wrapper and do a pivot adjustment and then animate
each side....<br>
<br>
though i suggest you post an image of the soap wrapper you intend to
unfold....it would help in helping you in your "lust for cg" - ;)&nbsp;
- my'O'my......<br>
<br>
-andy<br>
<br>

[rima]

<P>Thanx andy,</P>
<P>but its is not a old fashioned boxytype cardboard soap.</P>
<P>If you carefully see a soap pack it is a continus single mesh that folds or unfolds itself.</P>
<P>I have a refernce pack for you.</P>
<P><IMG alt="reference pack" src="http://www.hll.com/images/lifebuoy_soap_bot.jpg" border="0"></P>
<P>rima</P>
<P>"lust for cg"</P>

[jigu]

<P>well it;s hard to animate with bones!! u need to understand how wrapper is fold on soap then try to animate it by keyframing animation.it will sure work.or u can try using cloth modifier.but i don;t think it can give u nice result!! try to animate it by hand.</P>
<P>btw i like the idea. i will try it for u dear.<IMG src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0"></P>

[rima]

thanx so much jigu

[andy_maxman]

you could try using deformers on this one.....maybe an ffd....<br>
<br>
it also depends on how you got your mesh flowing in the area it unfolds...<br>
with the ref image attached.... i think it would suffice with the pivot adj. i mentioned earlier...<br>
<br>
post your mesh model too....in shaded and wireframe....<br>
-andy<br>