Dynamic Snapshot
From scripting
//Author Nicholas Pisca Copyright 2005 //Dynamic snapshot script for particle-based mutation //Requires file "110205a.mb" to be open and at currentTime 0 float $s1 = 0; do { select -r mutator; duplicate -rr; move -r 0 0 ($s1/3); float $run1 = sin(8*$s1)*.05+2.5 ; scale -r $run1 0 $run1; $current = `ls -sl`; float $ht = `getAttr($current[0]+".scaleZ")`; if ( $ht > .8 ) { setAttr(($current[0]+".scaleY"), $s1/10); } $s1=$s1+.4; currentTime $s1; } while ($s1 < 50 );
More information on duplication and basic modifier commands, read pages 55-67 in YSYT.