@xxxnova said:

Hi Fredo,

I've found some bugs, that annoy so much.

I've only select one object that would be assigned with apparition movement,

But other object with same shape who not selected are applied with this apparition too automatically, i just need this apparition only work on my selected object.

Is this just occurred only on my Animator?

Would be great if this problem was solved.

It's probably because your object is a component instance which is itself embedded in another component instance which exist in several copies in the model.

In Sketchup, can you modify your object manually, say add a line, and see what happens to the rest of the model.

anyway, posting the model would help.

Fredo

The settings seem correct - Please rerun the video generation with the Ruby Console.

...and check that you generate all frames till frame 201.
Then you should get a a 'black' window for a few second (FFmpeg).

You can also check in the folder of generation whether you have all the image files, numbered from 1 to 201.

If you still get a truncated video, I would suggest you get the latest version of FFmpeg.
See this post for instruction

@aero66 said:

Is there a way to keep a 3D Figure parallel to the global Z-axis when moving along a spiral curve created as a Bezier curve? My figure rotates as it moves along the curve.

In your model, you should create a Movement "Follow Path".

Select the character Select the path Make sure that Reverse direction is checked (because your curve in going top to down) Object rotation is unchecked (to keep the guy upright)

Animator Stair.gif

Could you attach or PM me the model.

I am not sure I understand the problem.

Fredo

You need the Extension and the latest Fredo Lib both to be installed.
Then you need to restart SketchUp completely, to ensure everything is properly synced.

Also read the Extension's usage guidance - to make sure you understand how its menu is accessed, and also any Toolbar details etc...

Animator uses the FFmpeg executable with parameters on the command line. This is why, at least on Windows, you get a transient black window. I don't know for Mac.

Thanks a lot for your answer and another big thank for your great job 😄.

@lasswt said:

The strange thing is that it has worked before, but I can't remember what was different.

May be your setting in VRay. Try to make the rendering not too heavy in calculation. You should test it before.

@lasswt said:

What I really want to know is if you can pause the rendering process of an animation and continue later on?

This is not supported for the time being, but with rendering, it makes a lot of sense as each frame can takes minutes or more to be generated.

@lasswt said:

Edit: I'm rendering with 60 frames per seconds. Is this too much?

I would suggest you try with Natural rendering (e.g. NO rendering) and see which frame rate is appropriate. To me, a frame rate of 36 should be already quite good for human eyes.
Note that you can also play with the speed of the movie.

Very good, can you share your model?

Ok, thanks.

@fredo6 said:

The problems seems to be related to the name of the film, which contains a sign '&'.

Just rename the film and this should work.

I'll try to manage the exotic characters in a next version

Fredo

Thank you! That fixed it.

Unfortunately, Animator does not allow to coordinate the rotation and the translation, as they don't follow the same speed.

For your case, I would recommend you give a try to MSPhysics, which has kinematic and physical constraints and can do this easily.

Fredo

I guess throwing the model to UE and evenlearning it from zero would take considerably less time

the video would get generated in the same folder correct

The integration of Animator with Vray is not really official. Animator uses an API to render with VRay which I don't know if it officially supported. And VRay did not make the reverse integration where they import an Animtor animation and process it in batch (as available in Thea).

Anyway, I don't know what is VRay Swarm and if there is no API, then I am afraid it cannot be supported.

Fredo

@mko said:

Pls a Fredo pop up is saying the animator 2.4d as expired. I tried updating through the link displayed but it won't pls what can I do?

Unless you changed the clock on your PC, Animator v2.4d is valid till 14 Sep 19.

Fredo

The File I posted first is bigger than necessary.
Here is another example file. If the camera path were curved (between Camera 2 and 3) you would get to see on the box. But as you can see the interpolation is linear.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5jb15wjbhjytsm1/AACoB9-w5ZEhb1NiNo8Pmxj7a?dl=0

@tacsu said:

I am trying to figure out how to do an apparition cut at 45degrees for a cutaway. I had somehow stumbled upon it in my previous attempts, then decided to start it over with a fresh animation. I have not been able to recreate it in Animator.

Currently the section planes are parallel to the axes of the object group or component.
So I guess you simply rotated the geometry content inside the object, so that you give the illusion that it is cut at an angle.

I may develop an option to choose an arbitray plane for the section plane.

Fredo

For reinstalling ffmpeg, try to locate a file ffmpeg.exe in

either your Sketchup Plugin directory or a folder C:\FFmpeg
In principle, you should know or remember where you did put the file. Otherwise do a Search file in Windows.

When it is located,

delete it get a fresh copy of FFmpeg.exe put it somewhere on your PC Animator will find it if you put it in C:\FFmpeg or in the Sketchup plugin directory, or will ask you to locate it again

Now, if you still get an empty mp4,

Do you see the MP4 button in Red in the result dialog of the video generation? Are you rendering, or jsut generating the 'Natural' mode (no rendering)? Can you open the Ruby console before generating the video and check if there are erros (there should be traces)