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#animate water

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#173620From: RAMONJun 4, 1995 9:42 PM
Hi I need some help with WATER…… I'am like to make a pipe transparent and show some water moving throug is any body have a idea how to??????? Thank You! exit
#173683From: David J. MarksJun 5, 1995 8:28 AM
>> like to make a pipe transparent and show some water moving throug The simplest method that I can think of would be to create your pipe in the 3D Lofter with mapping coords ON. Apply an animated opacity map to the pipe that "reveals" the water moving through. Your map would simply be a screen that starts all black and grows to all white. When applied to your object, it will appear to "grow". Also check out "PYTHON" and "LUGE" from Schreiber Instruments. They do this same effect effortlessly through via IPAS. – Dave
#176927From: David R. LongJun 23, 1995 1:38 PM
I'm in need of much the same thing but I also have to show the pipe with a restriction in it where the water changes speed as it travels through the pipe… This is gonna be a hard one…. Dave Long