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To use animated sweep
The following example illustrates how to use animation sweep to create a model that resembles a spiraled animal’s horn.
- In the Surfaces menu set, select Create > NURBS Primitives > Circle.
A circle appears in your scene view.
- Move the circle 8 units along the Z axis.
- Scale the circle until it has a radius of approximately 3 units.
- Rotate the circle 90 degrees (so that it is now perpendicular to the grid).
- Move the circle’s pivot to the origin, so that it will rotate around the origin in the animation.
- Press your keyboard’s
(Linux and Windows) or 
(Mac OS X) key to display the circle’s pivot point. - Enter the values 0 0 0 in the Transform Attributes entry field, or drag the pivot point to the origin.
- Press the or key again to exit pivot point mode when the pivot is positioned.
- Select the Animation menu set from the drop-down menu in the Maya tool bar or press F2.
Items in the Maya main menu switch to the Animation menu set.
- Ensure that the Current Time Indicator is at the start of the Time Slider, and set a key for the circle’s transforms (Animate > Set Key).
This is the starting position of the circle for this animation.
- Move the Current Time Indicator to the end of the playback range.
- Set Rotate X to 720 to rotate the circle approximately two revolutions.
- Move the circle up the Y axis approximately 10 units.
- Scale the circle to 0.
- Set a key for the transformations (
+s).
You have now established the end state for the circle.
- Press Play to view the animation of the circle.
- Select Animate > Create Animated Sweep >
.
The Create Animation Sweep Options menu appears.
- Ensure that the Time Range is set to Time Slider, and that the By Time value is set to 1.
- Click the Anim Sweep button.
