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A fast and straightforward GeoNodes setup for a traveling spiral effect to any curve, with dynamic settings.
Video demo here, here and here.
The traveling spiral is created by stacking a sequence of rings along a main path, with each ring rotated on the axis of the center normal slightly more than the previous one. Instead of leaving them as separate circles, a single continuous thread is snapped to their vertices, forcing the line to wrap around into a coiled spring due to the incremental rotation with an Accumulate Field solution. To animate the shape, a sliding focal point travels along the path, scaling the spring down to zero everywhere except in its immediate vicinity, which creates the illusion of a short, localized spiral traveling down the wire.
Simply take your curve (spline), apply the GeoNodes setup and away you go !
The parameters of the effect are completely customizable.
The Node tree comes with the full setup, labels and explanations.
The setup is only one example of using this node tree, you can utilize it for your own vision.
Happy Blending !
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NOTE
-(Since it is a concept demonstration, it is kept as simple as possible.) The GeoNodes trees are kept clean for easier readability and have detailed explanations. Everything is built from the base. The point of these setups is to provide a base core of the concept, node from node, instead of contracting all into node groups with exposed settings, which makes everything harder to read and dissect.
You can embellish, refine as you wish based on the core or realize your own ideas.
-Read the text description, it has a lot of useful info !
- The scene was optimized for Eevee
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Questions welcome !
Contact at
- Here at Blendermarket inbox
- At [email protected]
- Discord at https://discord.gg/YqA9JPmC
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