Hi,
I am quite new to boxmodeling(or any other modeling) and want to animate plant growth.

Right now i am trying to model a plant using box modeling and then by vertex animation i will convert it to a seed (reverse animation). Is there any other easy way to do so. Please help me if you can.

Thanks.

Model a flower, and model a separate seed. Use the Morph Modifier to (err...) morph between the two seperate models. The seed MUST have the exact number of verts and the flower though.

Check out the Help files for the Morph Modifier.

Hope that helps.

Software:
3ds Max Design 2012 [64bit] - Awaiting SP / Hotfix
Boot Camp (2.1) Windows 7 Ultimate [64bit] - SP1

Hardware:
Apple Mac Pro (3.1):
- 2x 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 (8-core)
- 6GB (2x 1GB - 2x 2GB) 800MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM
- ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 - Driver: Catalyst 9.9

Max on a Mac: Life doesn’t get much better!