Simple yet very nicely done.  So what's this simple yet clever math that you
used to do this?
I bet you just used Chris Colefax's "BEND.INC" file didn't you?  :)



Simen Kvaal wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I recall seeing a cg-animation on a tv show a couple of years ago; when 3d
> computer animation was still a new and hot topic. It was a cylinder bending
> over, finally touching the ground. I have used some time trying to recreate
> that magic (!) moment, using triangle meshes, blobs, unions of cylinders
> et.c., but none came as close as this. It contains some simple yet clever
> (in my opinion) maths to create and animate the object, which is rather
> simple.
>
> The animation takes place in a not-too-interesting environment, (read: a
> checkered plane), but the blurred reflection looks quite good reflecting a
> well-defined pattern.
>
> By the way: has anyone yet tried to animate blurred reflection? Is this the
> first post of that kind?
>
> I think this was enough rambling about such a simple animation.
>
> Simen.
>
>                  Name: Bender.mpg
>    Bender.mpg    Type: MPLAYER2 File (video/mpeg)
>              Encoding: x-uuencode

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