visibility track not showing changing the object

[rogle]

Hi

 

im trying to create a simple fade in animation using the visibility track method. I am following a tutorial and have done every step but it still doesn't seem to affect the object even though the keys are created and the values are correct. I have also tried to simplify it by using the same method on a basic sphere but I still cant get it to work.

 

Any help would be greatly appreaciated

 

Thankx

 

this is the tutorial: http://3dstudiomaxtutorials.blogspot.com/2010/03/hiding-objects-during-animation.html

[rogle]

Iv just downloaded all the updates and tried changing the driver and this still has no effect

[Cad64]

There are many tutorials on this subject. Maybe you should try a different one: https://www.google.com/search?q=3DS%20MAX%20HIDING%20OBJECTS%20IN%20ANIMATION&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&source=hp&channel=np

[rogle]

I decided to do it a different way in the end. I changed the opacity of the material and it seemed to produce the results I wanted. Thanks for the help

[Raudel Solis]

you need to go into the dope sheet editor and you will find an option to add visibility track for the objects..

go to the object you want to make appear disappear.. and set the times using right and left clicks to specify the key frames.

[lrm]

I put the following video together. I hope it helps. Lee M.