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Ton
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Hello,
Does anybody know how to animate a spring.
The Spring moves inwards and outwards.
The cape of the Spring doesn't deform, stays a round round wire ..

Ton

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spring.zip (791.3 KB)

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Sadjad Rabiee
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Just deform (squash and stretch) your spring as curve , then add tube to this curve with PolyWire SOP :wink:
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Sadjad Rabiee
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This is a simple example about this :idea:

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Ton
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Hi Rabiee,

Thanks for your example,! I could not find a way to do it

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matthias_k
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Maybe helpy, too. Press play to see the animation.
Spring created via sweep.

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spring_has_uvs_with_control_nulls_animated_185.hip (306.3 KB)

English is not my native language, sorry in advance for any misunderstanding :-)
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