Ball Chain to follow path without distortion?

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I am trying to get a ball chain to follow a path without distortion. I learned about "Path Animation" option, but the connecting bar between the balls for the chain still do not follow the path curve properly. I separated the two elements of the chain thinking this would help but it did not. What am I doing wrong?

I am only interested in a static image.

asked Apr 13 '17 at 14:34

Ray Craighead

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$\begingroup$ Isn't it the other way around, don't you want the cylinders to actually deform and follow the curve? Anyway, sounds like you should be using an Array*+*Curve modifier duo, possibly with duplifaces. See if any these help blender.stackexchange.com/questions/65567/… blender.stackexchange.com/questions/68923/… blender.stackexchange.com/questions/47359/… $\endgroup$ – Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦ Apr 13 '17 at 16:42
$\begingroup$ Or these blender.stackexchange.com/questions/68039/… blender.stackexchange.com/questions/49639/… or any of the many others if you search for Array + Curve modifier $\endgroup$ – Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦ Apr 13 '17 at 16:43
$\begingroup$ No, the ball chain I'm attempting to replicate has rigid bars the old the balls together. The bars actually have "bells" on the end that stay inside the balls but I did not model them since they don't show. I'd still like to understand how to do this correctly, but for now, I gave the bezier path a thickness and set free vector points around the only curved portion of the path, making it flat in those areas. It works, but I would not want to do that for a more complicated chain layout. link $\endgroup$ – Ray Craighead Apr 14 '17 at 2:16

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