boolean cutter

[Master chief]

ello again

 

this is more of a question than a how do i

 

i was trying to recreate the building effect used in a old game known as "total annihilation"

 

the effect is simplistic but looks cool as it works

 

1 a builder bot walks to the location it wants to build something

 

2 a green wire frame of the to be built object appears , to keep it simple for this test i made it a diamond

 

3 the bot sprays the wire frame with nanobots , as this is done a fully surfaces version of the diamond slowly grows up ,

 

4 after the diamond is fully green the actual surface follows in the same way , once that is done the build is complete

 

 

my current problem is on step 3

 

i figured that i could use a Boolean cutter completely covering the surfaced diamond and then raise the boolean cutter to get the effect i wanted but as it turns out the Boolean cutter ( which is a large cube) cuts every thing out including the wire frame diamond

 

 

to give a little help of the effect I'm trying for i found this vid on you tube of the game itself

 

[johnl3d]

gradient material with pose slider to make object appear and wire object disappear

 

that is the way I wiould do it

[Fuchur]

gradient material with pose slider to make object appear and wire object disappear

 

that is the way I wiould do it

 

And I am from the material-effector-section.

 

*Fuchur*