Tutorial Details
- Software: Autodesk Maya 2012
- Software: Morrisfold Plugin (Free)
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Run Time: 25 Minutes
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating
In today’s tutorial you’ll learn how to create a great looking unfolding effect in Maya 2012 with the help of the “Morrisfold” plugin. This free script makes what would normally be a very time consuming task, a complete breeze. Allowing you to quickly adjust, change or completely re-time your animations in a matter of minutes!
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Quick Guide on how to install the MorrissFold Script
To install…
Just copy the morrissFold script to:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\scripts
How to Run…
Just type morrissFold into the Maya Script Editor.

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anything like this for c4d?
@ Arvin & John
Greyscale gorilla covered something similar a while back for C4D:
http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-make-the-the-discovery-channel-rebrand-cube-transition-effect-with-cinema-4d/
Really cool. Want to figure out how to do that in C4D as well.
Just Awesome ! Really nice Effect
That looks cool! Oh, and the article says, “great looking unfolding effect in May 2012 “.
Fixed!
the pluggin link is not working or may be pluggin moved from the link???
That’s strange, looks like they must have taken it down. No worries, I’ve added a new link.
Cheers!
Thanks so much for this!
Ive been wanting to do this for a while, I will use it in my latest video on youtube, im called criso1994 if you want to subscribe
Thanks again!
Thanks for all for appreciating this tutorial …..
I am planning to make some new tutorial like this on new plugins so that everyone can learn new techniques using them …..
Thanks
ItsPiXel
any good script for 3DS Max?
Will let you know if i find some script like this for 3ds Max ……
I think you have to manually do it in 3ds Max ………….
But I will still give it a try …..
It would be great if you could find a way to do it in Max, Thanks in advance!
I can’t find the project files for this. I have looked on the premium content and nothing.
Hey Daniel,
Sorry about that, I’ve re-uploaded the project files and you’ll now be able to download them from the Cgtuts+ “Source Files” section.
Cheers,
Ben
Thanks!!
any script or any thing for do this effect in 3ds max????????????
When I have my first row selected and I click “Create folding group” and choose “X” I get an error:
” // Error: There are some objects has same center points !!!”
First of all, the grammar of the error alone pisses me off… Second of all, I can’t figure out why this is happening… I followed every single step of the video down to this, and it gives me an error…
Anyone encountered the same problem…?
Nevermind… I didn’t figure out the problem, but I started over, and now it works for some reason…
Sir, can we use this script in maya 2011? as its showing an error in 2012…