nurbs animation menu

get fix nurbs

Purpose
To read in a shape from disk and fix it on a certain frame number.

Usage
Click the get fix nurbs button to activate it. When the active window displays an animated contour or spine, a list with all the curves saved on disk will be displayed. When the active window displays an animated nurb in surface mode, a list with nurbs saved on disk will be displayed.
After selecting a shape from the list, the following prompt will appear:
Fix model on frame ?

In response to this prompt, type in the frame number on which you want to fix the new shape you have just read in.

Comments
Using get fix nurbs it is possible to 'morph' between different Nurbs models. For example, to morph from a swing to a sweep type of Nurbs model, first create the sweep model and save it as usual on disk. Now create the swing model, and fix the model in surface mode. Then select get fix nurbs and read in the sweep model you saved earlier. Assign a frame number and select play in animation.