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    • PixeroP Offline
      Pixero
      last edited by

      Another wish.
      Perhaps for a later version, would be a curve editor for those who wish more precise control over animation.

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      • PixeroP Offline
        Pixero
        last edited by

        ...and another one...
        A way of retiming a animation "clip" by making it longer or shorter.

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          @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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          • soloS Offline
            solo
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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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            • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
              jiminy-billy-bob
              last edited by

              @fredo6 said:

              I plan to include Easing hopefully.

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                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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                • alsomarA Offline
                  alsomar Extension Creator
                  last edited by

                  Looks really great, thank you!

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                  • PixeroP Offline
                    Pixero
                    last edited by

                    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?
                    Will it be possible with inverse kinematics as well as forward kinematics?

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                    • PatrickP Offline
                      Patrick
                      last edited by

                      Hello..

                      I have this model...
                      Musoir-départ.jpg

                      Formes béton.skp

                      See explain in french Forum : http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=51%26amp;t=64057#p587158

                      Bye
                      Patrick

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        Can you animate instances within other instances?

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                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                          ntxdave
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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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                            faust07
                            last edited by

                            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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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
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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.

                              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • ntxdaveN Offline
                                ntxdave
                                last edited by

                                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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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  @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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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @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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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @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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                                      • soloS Offline
                                        solo
                                        last edited by

                                        So when can we play?

                                        Planning a beta team?

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                                          otb designworks
                                          last edited by

                                          Re beta test team: Pick Me Pick Me!!!

                                          I am more excited for this plugin than anything I have seen come out of the official team since they gave us Layout!

                                          Cheers, Chuck

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @fredo6 said:

                                            But I don't know how to reach the others

                                            PM me who you are looking for - I'll see what I can do. I have the ChaosGroup contacts for sure - but I should be able to obtain other as well.

                                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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