Script for animating pop up buildings in maya ?

sculptn

I am trying to create animated pop up buildings like in this video (using maya)

https://vimeo.com/92595987

I was wondering whats the best way to do it ? Is there a way to automate it using some sort of script like the two below.

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/proximityanim-mel/description

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/construction_animation

If anyone has any ideas that would be great thanks

throttlekitty

I think the windows may be painted on, that would be the easiest way to only animate translation without anything poking through the windows the layer underneath. All the buildings look like simple animations of translate/scale with a little bounce.

Alternatively, you could use blend shapes: one totally flattened (sans roof) into the full shape, giving that "pulled up" effect.

sculptn

I didn't think of that thanks for the feedback. Will give that a go.