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In this lesson, you make an aircraft follow a motion path so it appears to fly
and bank while it changes trajectory. We provide a scene for your use in the
lesson.
In this lesson, you learn how to:
Set an object to animate along a motion path using a NURBS curve as the
path.
Modify the timing and rotation of an object along a motion path.
Blend between keyframe and motion path animation.
Open the scene for the lesson
In this lesson, you work with a scene we created for your use.
1 Make sure youve done the steps in
Preparing for the lessons on page 185.
2 Open the scene file named PathAnim.ma.
This file can be found in the GettingStarted directory that you set as
your Maya project:
GettingStarted/Anim/PathAnim.ma
The scene contains two objects named Aircraft and PathCurve. When
the aircraft travels on the path curve it will return to where it began.
3 In the Time Slider, ensure that the Playback End Time is set to 240.
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