Day 11_Class_Thursday (Oct 6th, 2011)

12:30 - 1:00 PM

1. Updated plans for class on blog
2. Had group meeting about the flow chart
3. Looking up information or animations with DNA strands separating

1:00 - 3:00PM

1. Finally found a video where the helix break down
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdDkiRw1PdU&NR=1
2. Went into file and organized the bars connecting the helix into two groups
1. RedSide
2. BlueSide
3. Double checked
4. Put in joints 
5. Bound them
6. But the cylinders won't move when I apply an I-K chain
7. When I include them in with the joints they still do not respond
8. So I saved a new file Helix5_10_6.c4d
9. Connected the cylinders to their helix (red/blue) and weighted them
10. They react but they do things that are odd
1. The cylinders will squash and stretch making odd shapes 
1. I'm going to have to go back in and change the weighting on them
2. I'm down to two colors rather than the slue of them that I had before. If I want it to work so that the cylinders have their own colors then I'm going to have to find out how to get weighting to work on the children of an object
11. Watched some Maxxon Cinema 4D tips/Methods on Youtube
1. Found out how to do hair!!!
2. Checked out a variety of other tips
3. Subscribed to their channel

Plans for Home/Outside of Class:

1. Figure out how to weight separate objects that are parent and child
2. Animate unwinding helix
3. Animate breaking apart of chains (cylinders)

Next WK (Group Goals):

1. Animating
2. Animatic
3. ActionScript