#3D nerves & blood
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I'm creating a medical animation dealing with carpal tunnel syndrome. I've
already creted the main animation composed of all the ligaments, bones,
nerves, etc. Here's the problem at hand: We would like to show blood flow
in the veins and also movements or flow in the nerves in order to show that
these flows slow down and are constricted by misaligned bones. What options
do I have to show this movement in 3DStudio???? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.. Paul Kakert Fresh Look Design
Your best bet is to use an animated texture map. If you use a color-cycled
animation made in AniPro, it'll take very little memory. However, it would
have been better to apply mapping to the veins when lofting them (if you
haven't already created the veins). Then the mapping would be all set up to
show the flow of the animation. If you've already created the veins, you'll
probably have to use planar mapping to get some approximation of the flow.
With lofted mapping, you could get the flow to follow the path of the
veins.
If this is too vague, let me know and I'll give you more details.
– Jack
You could try an animated texture map by creating a .FLI file with Cycle
paint in AAPro..different speeds, colors, etc…
Alan