Simplest animation approach sought
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Hi,
As a newbie SU user, I find it easier use a basic image from SketchUp and then dress it in Inkscape. The method I have tried in the attached images is to set the scene, use screen capture into a jpeg, import the jpeg into Inkscape and add the detailing there. Is there a better approach?
The simplest animation I need is for the cover to swing open as I transition from one scene to another. Not a fly-around but only a component rotating. Is this possible without sketchy physics? Some tool within SU7 or a plug-in perhaps?
Also could you give me some ideas on how to best present a model for screen capture as a jpeg. The things to do before all else (edges, high-lighting, etc.)
Thanks.
Seydell
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Thanks Pete, that's very helpful!
Shahid,
Normally (without plugins) you animate an object by placing it into themodel several times on several layers and in your scenes you turn on and off the visibility of layers one by one. Of course, the same component is in different position in each scene. Have a look at Taff's tutorial here:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ab38653ca93f5ea5b2b03abc22b5aaa4There are other ways, too, of course but or what you'd like to achieve, this would be the simplest (although seems to be complicated).
Then you can do a face me component but for that, you will need to move your camera in the model, too.
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LOL.
Okay, this is how it works....
Original poster: 'Wow! that's cool, how did you do it?"
Me: "I used Vue7 Infinite"
Original poster: "damn!!"
Me: "Is this a personal project or a work related one?"
Original poster: "It's for my company and we have a deadline on this very expensive visualization"
Me: "I will pm you as I have a way you can keep on track without hassle"
- sound of cash register opening *
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Haha solo, you gotta get that new rig paid for somehow.
Mike
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Hi Solo and Gaieus,
Thanks for the feedback. I have enjoyed the good cheer and banter. And they say people with engineering PhDs from Purdue ain't got no sense of funny.
Actually the title of the post says it well: "simplest animation approach sought". Also in my post to the Welcome New SketchUp User of May03, 2009, I have mentioned the reasons for this work.
The images will be used in a case study & article that I have just finished. The subject is aviation safety. In 1996 there was a night time air crash with a AeroPeru Boeing 757 where the static ports were accidentally left covered with tape ( see photo of wreckage ). This led to the generation and display of erroneous flight data that ultimately caused the plane to impact with the sea. I have come up with about 25 solutions, and this is one of the simplest ones. The airflow causes the cover to lift and clear the ports. Another uses a laser light source. All of this work is voluntary and on the basis of Common Good.
I hope you like the new use for a Segway.
Appreciate your feedback and ideas so far. I will keep asking them questions.
.. ss
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