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How can I seal a pipe in Cinema 4d Broadcast
Posted: 24 April 2018 06:11 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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This link is an example of the animations that I have to make.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcQ9PYWbaR0

Can someone tell me how I can make a seal arround a pipe/tube in an animation like in this video in Cinema 4d Broadcast?

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Posted: 24 April 2018 01:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi Arjan Gelderblom,

If I got the right part of the animation and your idea correctly, then something like the file below should work:

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/eda70flmOaSw1wYs1niNS4eVdHltjgQirqFkV11F8ug

The key parts are on the green layer. The nulls are moved around, produce a spline via Tracer, and this will be used in a Sweep. The Sphere on the tip of the material supply is more for optics.

If it is just a round pipe, perhaps this will do it already:

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/ozcqsVdrJOLi6LbINwA9DmHglXzDrhD5FNQNKOkIW1O
or perhaps
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/hVPRnPz7bsxtB7sljS4spLOU15eyIw5djPchC59gOff

Please let me know if you have any questions. If none of those are working for you, perhaps share a demo scene file, I’m happy to look into it.

All the best

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Posted: 30 April 2018 03:45 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Hello Dr. Sassi,

Thanks for your support. I have tried to build the scene with the pipe but I don’t get it right.

I’m not sure what the parts in the Sweep do exactly.
Is it the n-Side that creates the blue line? And how do I get in smaller?

I going to look if I can find more tutorials about this but thats not so easy.

Thanks again.

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Posted: 30 April 2018 04:23 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Hi Arjan Gelderblohm,

Here is your file back. I have set everything in the way I think you like to have it.

The first object under the Sweep is the Profile, it defines the contour of the Sweep. Its size matters, but not very much if the Rail-Scale is checked on, in case of a third child.
The second object represents the Path. Which is the path were the Profile will be used along it.
The third spline is an option, not a must have. However the raid stabilizes the result. It is like a guide to orient the profile along the second. It has more options, as in scaling the Profile, if the Use Rail Scale is checked on. Then the distance between the spline (second) and the spline (third) will be used, always along the whole path while the position of the second matches the third in progress.

Scene file:
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/c3RhPnU882zFv2hi9PhwKIWsAzGhvf3p2cs7H4pt96D

Whenever a parameter is not clear, use the right mouse click on the parameter and call up the help content for this specific option/parameter/tool, etc.
I guess you know that since long, but writing in a forum, I have to mention it, from time to time.
https://help.maxon.net/us/#OSWEEP

I have to check in the morning (Done, see edit) again about Sweep tutorials, I guess I have clicked through ten of the one who had anything to do with Sweep (Nurbs), but somehow, nothing goes really one time through ALL the options.

All the best

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https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytut/nurbs_-_part_four
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https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytut/adjustable_bolt_02
https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytut/getting_started_with_cinema_4d_part_11
https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytut/cinema_4d_lite_reference_sweeping_Splines

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