Linking mulitple vertices on a spline to their own helper

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Is there an easy way to do this or is this one of those things I have to do manually ? I have 71 vertices and 71 helpers to connect !! ahhh:face_with_spiral_eyes:

2

you mean like making a spline ik?

3

Yes thatā€™s right but only with helpers. I donā€™t need all the bones. Iā€™m basically animating a pipe being laid in a trench so only really need to animate the helpers as the pipe is laid along.

4

so if you select the spline and add splineIkControl modifier to it, it can auto create the controls and link them etc. No need for bones :slight_smile:

5

Iā€™ve used that method before a long time ago but completely forgot about it. Thanks a lot.

6

Sometimes I love max for things like this. :slight_smile: ā€œsometimesā€