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@shotster said:

Thanks for the info. They are interesting products, but they don't appear to do exactly what I need. Not only that, but I'm on a Mac, and they're Windows-only. Thanks though.

-Steve

Hi Steve,

You should look into iShowU. There is an option to record without recording the cursor. It's a little bit of a hack, but it works. I am using the $60 pro version, but I believe the $30 standard version has the same ability to not record the cursor.

Here is an example:

[flash=640,505:3qwjvdou]http://www.youtube.com/v/FoUdz3c5uU8&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:3qwjvdou]

Thanks for the reply, Dave.

@dave r said:

First, to force the axis of rotation to be along the fold line, get the Rotate tool. Click on the end of the fold line and while holding the mouse button, drag along the fold line. Let go of the button and click again for the start of the rotation as normal.

Yep, that much I know. It's animating the folding of the paper that I can't do.

@dave r said:

As far as the animation part, you'll see in the Read Me file that edges and faces do not have transformation data.

Yep, I saw that in the Read Me file.

@dave r said:

You need to make components or groups of the separate parts. SO each smaller face created by a fold will need to be a separate component.

And that's precisely what I did. I used the line tool to draw a diagonal line across the piece of paper. I then made one of the resulting triangles a group and rotated only that group. However, it doesn't rotate about the fold - hence the reason for my post.

This should all be obvious in the file I attached. I'm still at a loss for how to force the axis of rotation to be at the fold line during the animation.

Regards,

-Steve