Alex Villabon of greensoda shows how to duplicate objects on an arbitrary curve by using some animation tools.
Maya – Duplicate Geometry Along A Curve from Alex Villabon on Vimeo.
Use this trick to easily duplicate geometry along a path. You could even script it to automate the process. If you do let me know and i’ll include your script in my blog post!
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You can simply ( If it is a simple animation for example 10-40 frames ) create mel script like this…
currentTime -1 ;
select -cl ;
select -r pSphere1 ;
duplicate -rr;
currentTime 0 ;
select -cl ;
select -r pSphere1 ;
duplicate -rr;
currentTime 1 ;
select -cl ;
select -r pSphere1 ;
duplicate -rr;
currentTime 2 ;
select -cl ;
select -r pSphere1 ;
duplicate -rr;
then execute script and voila! 🙂