[Plugin] Proper Animation V1.08 Beta(Updated 14/11/10)

ashscott

Yeah relocating the components axis generally works for me, just make sure you get the red green and blue axis pointing in the right direction. If it acts weird then you have the wrong colour axis pointing the wrong way.

Ash

cody.sheridan-2008

hi all,

I have done an animation using this plugin but have run into a problem. When I get to the 9th scene the movement changes from fluid to suddenly moving to the next position. I have attached the model so if you can help that would be really appreciated!

EDIT: No worry's I have solved my problem now...

Sawmill Combo V1.5.skp

unclewk

Moris,

Thanks for this wonderful plugin. I wanted to let you know that I used this plugin to create two short clips and uploaded them to YouTube, here:

http://youtu.be/jiC3IhKN-B4
http://youtu.be/Doe6pnoGUhg

I used Whaat's "Smooth Step Animation" to export the scenes in still images, than used "VirtualDub" to stitch them together.

Best regard.

jcesarbio

I was able to render the proper animation with vray...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=40622&p=381028#p381028

jcesarbio

A test I made.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFY5JrXmPKU

truezeo

Hi there!

This is an awesome plugin. This is my first time writing on here and my first time really exploring the forums. I came across this tutorial earlier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khsFvyXLe-Q

I then found this plugin and thought I could combine them, but for some reason I can't make it work.
I'm trying to have a group appear, then have another group appear and move so that it attached to the first group. I wondering if it is even possible, or am I just doing it wrong? I appreciate any feedback. THank you!

morisdov

Hello Guys,

Following users requests i updated the plugin to version 1.10

Packaged as an .rbz extension for easy install
added a menu option to save in the skp model - an Auto Start of Scenes Observer,
switching scenes on a newly opened model, will automacly animate,
if this option is selected and model saved by the original animator.

Have fun, Moris

ashscott

Nice, thanks - I am using four different animation packages for SU now, all with their strengths and weaknesses. Proper animation is the old reliable tool I turn to when I need to put together a simple animation quickly. Thanks very much Moris - your work is very well appreciated.

bendingsands

This is probably not the place to ask for troubleshooting advice, but with my inexperience with SU I don't know where to ask. When I try to animate and right click the object there is no selection called "proper Animation." I can add scenes and such, but nothing I do to my objects will make that selection appear when I right click on it after making it a group. Am I missing something important?

medicanic7

Hello forum.

I'm new to using SketchUp and Proper Animation plugin, but already I enjoy creating my first model. In my model, I am attempting to animate an assemblage of parts belonging to a small step stool. The plugin is perfect for making assembled parts look like they are smoothly moving into place. One problem confronts me, however. One of the components is rotating 90 degrees, but I want the component to move linearly from one position (#5) to the next one (#6) without any rotation whatsoever. How can I prevent the component from rotating? Am I doing something incorrectly?

Thank you for your assistance. When my animation is complete I will post a link to my YouTube video of the animation. I am using Proper Animation V1.09.

Shaker step stool.skp

susangh208

Does anyone have suggestions/tips in converting a SKP with Proper & Smooth Step Animation into Virtual Dub? (A)Frame Rate & Width/Ht for JPEG (I was unsuccessful with importing JPEGS). Was successful to import into VD with PNG and used Frame Rate of 24 & 4096/2304. Problem was the resolution was poor and I think I might have lost some attributes to the original file (Proper Anm). I used ffdshow for video compression and did a force frame of 24 (with convert to fps: 30).... and video is "full processing mode". Thanks for your thoughts/time!

jars121

@cody.sheridan-2008 said:

hi all,

I have done an animation using this plugin but have run into a problem. When I get to the 9th scene the movement changes from fluid to suddenly moving to the next position. I have attached the model so if you can help that would be really appreciated!

EDIT: No worry's I have solved my problem now...

Hi everyone,

I'm having this exact problem. Scenes 1-7 are working perfectly. I have followed the same method for Scene 8, but the component jumps from position 7 to position 8 without actually animating. What's the problem?

Thanks!

tomasz

@jars121 said:

I'm having this exact problem. Scenes 1-7 are working perfectly. I have followed the same method for Scene 8, but the component jumps from position 7 to position 8 without actually animating. What's the problem?

It looks, that the plugin doesn't apply a default value for animation easing for those additional positions. To solve the issue open and close the 'animation easing' options.

@Moris
Proper_animation takes into account also those scenes that are not used/included in the animation. They have [] around their names. If such a scene is preset at the beginning of the animation, it ruins the whole thing.

tomasz

There is a bug with flipped groups.
A group on the right moves 1 m upwards, but on its way it forgets it is flipped.

Bug with flipped group

timinder

I'm having problems with tis plugin with SU2013.
I've set up a model, assigned 5 different positions, created 5 scenes. All OK.
When I start the scenes observer, select first tab and then "get position1" SU crashes. Every time.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to fix it, or is it something that others have experienced?

pankaj_tamore

Dear Morisdov,

First of all let me congratulate you for developing such very useful plugin.I saw the videos of your incredible "proper animation" plugin and it really, really wowed me.in fact this was exactly what i had needed for long time? now my search for much desired plugin got over but unfortunately efforts for installing same haven't got over. because repeatedly since yesterday i have been trying to install it in vain.i have also attached error dialogue box screen shot which shows up on screen for your kind reference.

Error report

mitcorb

Greetings, pankaj:
Are there any other load errors besides the ones visible in your image? An advisor will want to see that in order to help sort this out.

val_jacob

Hi!
I just started using properanimation and I find it quite useful!
I have the following problem and did not find the answer in the previous posts. I changed the style of the sketchup in which I'm using properanimation. I changed the style on every scene to make sure that the new style I wanted would apply throughout my animation. My problem is in between each scene: the original style comes back, making a kind of "flashy" animation between two styles.
Does anybody have a clue how to prevent that from happening? (starting from scratch is not the answer I hope for...!)
Thank you!

Jim

I don't have proper animation, but you could try this.

Select all Scenes in the Scene manager, then (2) unselect the Styles and Fog option.

charvi

@daniel s said:

Thank you!!!
It works Great!!! And the plugin supports position and scale transformations!
I only have problems with some rotations.. look at the attach video. The simple box is rotated 90° from the center point but in the animation looks strange.
Now you can set up to 4 positions. Can you add more?? 4 is not sufficient for this so amazing plugin.

Thank You!!!
Daniel S

Hi Daniel,

I am trying to animate a scale, but it gives me only first and last frame - nothing (animation) between.

Could you please confirm it is working (with full animation)?

If so, any example?

Thank you so much.

Regards
Jakub