The 2D Follow plug-in works together with the 2D Ribbon.

2D Follow to automatically creates an animation path that follows the form of a 2D Ribbon. The 2D Ribbon must be created first.

2D Follow Properties

• Path Position: Sets the position for the object along the path of the 2D Ribbon object. Animate this value to get an animation in the stage.

• Position Wrap: Can be set to Interpolate, Clamp or Repeat.

• Translation Offset: Sets an offset between the object and the 2D Ribbon path.

• Keep Orientation: Keeps the orientation between the object and the 2D Ribbon path as the object moves along the path when enabled.

• Orientation Offset: Offsets the orientation between the object and the 2D Ribbon path.

To Set up the 2D Follow Plug-in

1. Add the 2D Ribbon geometry to the scene tree.

2. Open the 2D Ribbon editor and enable Show Control Point Values.

3. Set alternating values of 30.0 and -30.0 to the Y axis values, creating a wave shape.

4. Add the item(s) (for example, a Sphere) you want to animate along the 2D Ribbon’s path as a Sub-Container to the 2D Ribbon container.

5. Add the 2D Follow plug-in to the container.

6. Open the 2D Follow editor and animate its Path Position value from 0.0 to 100.0.

See Also

• 2D Ribbon

• Create Animations section of the Viz Artist User Guide.