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    • MANaboutTOOLSM Offline
      MANaboutTOOLS
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      Here's a screenflow capture...

      zoom-test2.gif

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
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        Do you have a special mouse ?

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        • MANaboutTOOLSM Offline
          MANaboutTOOLS
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          No, mouse came with the mac.

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
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            Could you open the Ruby Console when you run Animator and scroll with the mousewheel.

            Thanks

            Fredo

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            • MANaboutTOOLSM Offline
              MANaboutTOOLS
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              Yes,

              I have Ruby open. No difference.

              Kent

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              • jujuJ Offline
                juju
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                @manabouttools said:

                Yes,

                I have Ruby open. No difference.

                Kent

                any messages in the ruby console when scrolling?

                Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                • MANaboutTOOLSM Offline
                  MANaboutTOOLS
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                  No. Nothing

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                  • fredo6F Offline
                    fredo6
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                    @carloshmejia said:

                    First of all thank you for your amazing plugins.
                    I am learning to use Animator. For some reason my original position changed and now it not correspond to my model. Are there a way to reset or change the original position of my clip?

                    Probably not...

                    There is a Positioner facility in Animator (4th icon), allowing you save and restore the position of objects. It is a good idea to save the position of objects before you start building animations.

                    Fredo

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                      carloshmejia
                      last edited by

                      Fredo, first of all thank you for your amazing plugins.
                      Frequently the objects that I am animating lose its connection with the movements assign to them. Timeline seems OK, when you run the sequence it shows running except the objects don't move. What am I doing wrong?

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                        itaipeter
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                        @fredo6 said:

                        The picto is explicit

                        Hello Fredo, thanks for the extension it's amazing and simple to use.
                        I'm having difficulty using the appearance function. for some reason, it doesn't work as it should.
                        I've messed with it in this project and suddenly as working the function refused to work with disappearing components.i've made a short video to explain.
                        thanks

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                          fredo6
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                          @itaipeter said:

                          The picto is explicit

                          Your video cannot be accessed. Maybe it is private.

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                            itaipeter
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                            @fredo6 said:

                            @itaipeter said:

                            The picto is explicit

                            Your video cannot be accessed. Maybe it is private.

                            it should work now. thank you

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
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                              I am not sure I understand the problems from the video.

                              Maybe posting the model would help so that I can have a look.

                              Fredo

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                                itaipeter
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                                update:
                                I've created a new file for trying the disappear apparition option and it worked perfectly.
                                somehow it's my file that is not corresponding with the plugin. I tried to delete all layers and purge the file but it didn't help.

                                here is another video to show that. (in this one the animator doesn't even react)

                                thanks,
                                itay

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                                  dennis1313
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                                  Can I create a custom easing curve? Dennis

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                                  • D Offline
                                    dennis1313
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                                    Let's start with this - Your Animator product is awesome.....

                                    I do have a question - can the user create their own custome "easing" timeline? I have a need for a custom timeline for a project i am working on. Have you thought about an "easing" timeline that doesn't go from 0-to-1 but from 0 to some other value. I am thinking of something like a two cycle sinewave or a path that starts at zero and damps out at the end to .5 Think of the things you could move around with that - the possibilities are almost endless. You can do almost anything with the tools you have provided but a custom easing would allow MANY things to be done in one step that now take many steps.
                                    dennis1313

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @dennis1313 said:

                                      Let's start with this - Your Animator product is awesome.....
                                      Thanks for the positive appreciation.

                                      @dennis1313 said:

                                      I do have a question - can the user create their own custom "easing" timeline?

                                      This is in my plan, and more generally, to provide a framework to vary all variables through time. I mainly need to build a GUI for that.

                                      Are you interested in custom easing for movement or for cameras?

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                                        jani151
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                                        @fredo6 said:

                                        @wanniya said:

                                        Is there any way to work with section plane animation?

                                        This is coming in a new release tomorrow.

                                        Fredo

                                        [attachment=1:3ljdz6fn]<!-- ia1 -->Animator - Apparition.gif<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:3ljdz6fn]

                                        [attachment=0:3ljdz6fn]<!-- ia0 -->Animator - Apparition 2.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3ljdz6fn]

                                        Hi Guys, Can you guide me to create the animation using section plane along with the path in different SketchUp styles [i.e x-ray, hidden line, wireframe, etc]. Actually, I want to create an animation of water flow through the pipe in sketchup[similar to blender].

                                        Jani

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
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                                          You need to be more precise in your request...

                                          Here is the video on movement apparition

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                                            RobSpycacher
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                                            Incorrect ResultHi Fredo,
                                            AS stated before, the animator is a good program but I have BIG issues.
                                            I am also willing to pay for the full version but only if I am sure it is working.
                                            I have started several works and every time I close the work and Sketchup file; opening the file again the models have changed positions and movements are starting and heading in the wrong direction. E.g. I made the APPARITION of the pipework above ground in a construction site and TRANSLATION of the same pipework placing it below gound. Next time I open the file and activate Animator the sequence places the pipework in the correct position and translation it well below underground (disappearing below the same distance I selected in the beginning). Some other scenes disappear completely.
                                            I have tried several approaches, changes of parameters, etc in Animator and wasted a lot of time trying to correct it. I can't find a solution to it even if, as said, I started from zero.
                                            Fortunately I made a test video with the sought result and a test (1) video with the wrong results (2) see attached
                                            I am using MacBook Pro, Big Sur IOS 11.4. SketchUp Pro 2020 and your latest (I presume) Animator 3.5a - 28 May 21 version

                                            Im sorry I have to be so blunt but I need help solving this issue.
                                            I appreciate your time and help.
                                            Thank you
                                            Rob

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