Can anyone make this box of surprises 4 me

[jeryst]

How do you get Xara3D to generate a hollow box?

[Soquili]

It is an illusion

[salaam]

If you look carefully, my wooden box does have a bottom.

So far, all the animations shown on this thread have been made in 'ripple'.
Try experimenting with the 'Front Face'/ 'Back Face' in 'Extrusion Options' to 'hollow out' an object.

[Soquili]

Thanks Anas, I had forgotten about the hollow text with the options for front and back toggles.

[salaam]

Mike's animation reminded me of a toaster:

[salaam]

This Xara Jack-in-a-box was made using 'pulse':

[jeryst]

Or this, I prefer this one

And not a vector in sight!

Mike

Okay. I understand how to build a box, and make the letters move correctly, but I'm still missing something. How do you rotate the box (or the letters) so that it looks like the letters are coming out of the opening? My letters look like they are coming out of the side of the box, and I can't find a way to rotate the box without the letters rotating as well.

[salaam]

Swing 1

[simsmj]

Actually, Jeryst, I didn't rotate the box. There are two boxes occupying the same space, an outer metallic one, and a slightly smaller black one, and I tweaked the line spacing to make the small black one just peek above the metal one to give the (false) impression of shadowed hollowness. The box shape is actually a character in Wingdings, since Anas said I wasn't to use a vector editor, and he may be bigger than me

I had forgotten about the front/back options, but that wouldn't have helped me if I wanted the view that I actually presented, that is, looking at the box from the front with the letters jumping out of the top of the box up and down the y-axis.

Anas's own animation is (apparently) looking down from above the box, with the letters facing upwards to that viewpoint, but actually his box is on its side with the letters moving horizontally along the z-axis. It's a neat switch, and allowed him to use the front/back thing.

By the way, Anas, loved the toaster!

Mike

[vikes]

You guys are inspirational.