how to make rolling animation in 3ds max

how to make rolling animation in 3ds max

make a helix
make its height 0
(so its flat)


rotate it to make sure tail is at the bottom
duplicate it to make other side roll too
convert to editable spline
attatch the other one
connect the two tails

create a new plane
subdivide it to form the grills
apply World Space Deformer: Path Deform Binding
pick path: the spline
***press 'move to path' button***
adjust rotation field to make sure it looks right
-in 90 degree increments
'percentage' field will adjust how much you want it to roll

add width and width segments to make it longer and smoother

TO ANIMATE garage door roll:
-move the pivot of the plane

OR

-animate the percent field


TO ANIMATE carpet roll:
turn on autokey
go to editable spline
animate the vertices of the spline and the plane should follow