Animator: Parametric Animation plugin - Discussion
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@Pilou and chri
Animator is purely based on kinematics, not physics. In addition, Animation is predictive, as you specify the movements, whereas Physics will dynamically calculate the movements based on physical laws (weight, collisions, ...).
Therefore the purpose is very different, one is for illustrating, the other for playing or simulating.
Animator should however include a Visit Controller mode, where you can animate the sequences individually.
Fredo
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@pixero said:
I really hope it will be possible with ease in and out and not just linear interpolation between key frames.
I plan to include Easing hopefully. You can see it in the video of the first post (look at Homer or some small cubes, which move with acceleration).
Fredo
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Another wish.
Perhaps for a later version, would be a curve editor for those who wish more precise control over animation. -
...and another one...
A way of retiming a animation "clip" by making it longer or shorter. -
@pixero said:
...and another one...
A way of retiming a animation "clip" by making it longer or shorter.Actually you can adjust the duration and start time of each element of a clip.
You can also play the animation with variable speed.See at the end of the video, where I used a model provided by chri.
Fredo
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That is very cool, I like the control one has.
Will we be able to include section cuts and hide/show layers?
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So seems we will be to make that?
And this plugin by Cplassais will be very useful for put easilly some pieces!
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Looks really great, thank you!
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Could you explain how to set up hierarchies?
Does it come from how objects are grouped inside other groups, or can you set it up independently through some hierarchy building function?
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Hello..
I have this model...
See explain in french Forum : http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=51%26amp;t=64057#p587158
Bye
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Can you animate instances within other instances?
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@thomthom said:
Can you animate instances within other instances?
Not sure if this is what you are asking but in my car wash model, there are goups & components within groups and components. As an example, if you look at the first spinning brush, it is a subcomponent of the brush/arm assembly which is also a component. There are multiple things like that in the car wash animation.
So, if I am correctly understanding your question, the answer is yes.
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Great! I could post a 2,400-year-old tricycle with driver when BryanK (the designer) does not mind. You could convert it from SketchyPhysics into your parametric animation process.
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@solo said:
I hope that this animation gets supported by the SU integrated render engines like Twilight, Thea, Podium, Corona, Vray, etc.
Ditto! I know they'd be very interested.
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I know this is pushing it but I would also like for it to be supported by one of the extensions that support exporting the model to WebGL.
Imagine being able to show you model on a web page with no plugin that included object animations.
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@thomthom said:
Can you animate instances within other instances?
Answer is Yes.
Actually, grouping component instances and groups helps transform several objects at once, instead of selecting each of them (even if multi-selection is also supported).
But you can individually move an object within a group.In the Car Wash example, the whole car is translated as a group, including the wheels, and the wheels are transformed by spin individually.
Fredo
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@thomthom said:
@solo said:
I hope that this animation gets supported by the SU integrated render engines like Twilight, Thea, Podium, Corona, Vray, etc.
Ditto! I know they'd be very interested.
I tentatively built an API for acting externally on the animation, so that a rendering software can drive the animation frame by frame.
Animator - API for Renderers - v1.pdf
I am in contact with tomasz for Thea.
But I don't know how to reach the others
Fredo
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@ntxdave said:
I know this is pushing it but I would also like for it to be supported by one of the extensions that support exporting the model to WebGL.
Imagine being able to show you model on a web page with no plugin that included object animations.
That would be a good feature, not just for animation.
I'll have to explore WebGL to understand what it is about and if it is applicable in the case of an animation.
I know Tak2hata has released a plugin doing WebGL export, so he is probably the best expert to contact.
Fredo
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So when can we play?
Planning a beta team?
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