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    • chriC Offline
      chri
      last edited by chri

      Hi


      Tips
      [highlight=#ffffff:2hluezyb]To help with complex model , perhaps , you can draw a path to organise your animation[/highlight:2hluezyb]

      (In a second time this path could turn into a usable continuous path for a function such as " follow the path ")

      Astuce
      [highlight=#ffffff:2hluezyb]Pour aider lors de la création d'une animation complexe , le tracé de la trajectoire peut aider.[/highlight:2hluezyb]

      (Dans un deuxième temps ces tracés pourraient se transformer en un chemin utilisable par une fonction telle que "suivre le chemin")

      Chri

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        J'avais demandé cela depuis le départ! ☀
        Semble indispensable et la première à faire! 🤓

        Asked from the first beginning! 😄
        Animation on the path! 😉

        http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=139405

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • D Offline
          dtrarch
          last edited by

          Pilou
          are you showing the treads as a path ?
          How about just a drawn path for an object to follow ?
          Or is follow a path not yet implemented?
          HMMMMM ❓ ❓
          Thanks

          dtr

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            No it's a trace segment by segment, one by one, by hand!
            It's for that I request an automatic follow path!
            Seems for me the more important function inside an animation program! 😄

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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            • D Offline
              dtrarch
              last edited by

              Pilou
              Path animation first then Object animation please Fredo:thumb:

              dtr

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              • D Offline
                dtrarch
                last edited by

                Hi Fredo et all
                Any news on path animation please ❓ ❓
                😮
                THX

                dtr

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Excellent news! 👍
                  Bon courage! 😎

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                  • D Offline
                    dtrarch
                    last edited by

                    Fredo THX for getting back.
                    Node or station point insert for object event on timeline ?
                    Just a fly through would be good for now 😎 😎 😎

                    dtr 💚

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      @dtrarch said:

                      Hi Fredo et all
                      Any news on path animation please ❓ ❓
                      😮
                      THX

                      dtr

                      Working on it when I can.
                      As usual, GUI and options are taking most of the time.

                      Below, 2 groups (the small cube is embedded in the group of the big cube). Each one follow a different path, and I am working on composing path movements with other movements, as shown in the second part of the video.

                      Animator - Path first trials.gif

                      Click to animate

                      And starting the GUI part in parallel

                      Animator Path edit.gif

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        @dtrarch said:

                        Node or station point insert for object event on timeline ?
                        Just a fly through would be good for now 😎 😎 😎

                        What do you mean by node or station point?

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                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                          ntxdave
                          last edited by

                          The path animation is great news Fredo.

                          Now if I could just have the scaling. 😄

                          Some day I would also like to find a way to animate textures.

                          I am looking at other tools like Sketchfab and CL3VER that I wish could include your animations. That would be the most exciting thing going!!

                          The whole 3D world is moving along and these tools that allow you to present your models in a WebGL environment instead of a movie is very exciting.

                          Keep up the great work you are going/have already done with Animator! 👍 👍

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                          • chriC Offline
                            chri
                            last edited by

                            @fredo6 said:

                            Below, 2 groups (the small cube is embedded in the group of the big cube). Each one follow a different path, and I am working on composing path movements with other movements, as shown in the second part of the video.


                            hi Fredo

                            This curve tracking is genius !
                            About the straight lines:
                            If 3D lines are drawn parallel or not to the X Y Z axes, and then welded, this will allow the graphic recording of a complex motion easily
                            Many Thanks for your incredible job and your creativity.

                            bonjour fredo

                            Ce suivi de courbe est génial
                            Une remarque a propos des lignes droites :
                            Pour peu que l'on trace des lignes 3D parallèles ou pas aux axes, et qu'ensuite on les soude , cela permettra graphiquement l'enregistrement d'un mouvement complexe facilement.
                            Bravo Fredo pour tes travaux de fou et ta créativité.

                            Chri

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                              dtrarch
                              last edited by

                              Hi Fredo
                              Create a path and then insert a node at some place on the path.
                              Node would be a camera/object animation/action and recursively could be edited
                              Path and timeline synchronize graphically
                              Node is like a station point in view (a place in the animation sequence)
                              Node/airplane/snap roll at this point for example (propeller turning etc)
                              My suggestion would be to create path and then insert objects/view/animation at selected points.
                              Thanks for asking and putting up with all this stuff

                              dave #2

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                Initially, I used construction points for debugging purpose. But thinking about it, I make it a feature, as a visual effect "Trajectory".

                                Basically, you can define one or several points attached to objects, and get Animator visualize the trajectory of those points along the animation.

                                Then, you can select trajectories, export them as CSV files, or create the corresponding geometry as a group.

                                Since it is a visual effect, you can create several and put them wherever you like in the animation timeline.

                                Fredo

                                Animator - trajectory 0.gif

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Seems very promizing!

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                                    ntxdave
                                    last edited by

                                    Maybe it is just me, but this seems much more complicated than what I was expecting. In several other plugins, you just draw a path (combination of straight lines and curves) and then identify the object you want to follow it. Kind of like having the camera follow an object but in this case the object would follow the path. You could then combine that with other things like spin and etc. but the basic idea (IMO) is just simply identifying the path and the object to follow it.

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      Dave,

                                      Not sure I follow you.
                                      In this thread, there are 2 features being discussed

                                      1. Move along path: See this post

                                      2. Trajectory: previous post

                                      For Move along path, you select an existing path in the model (will be a Curve with a group). You can assign it to one or several objects, as for other movements.

                                      The reason why I won't spend time designing a path editor within Animator is that there are plenty of tools helping the creation of curves, smoothing, splining, spiraling, etc..... So it's better done outside!

                                      Hope this clarifies

                                      Fredo

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                                      • ntxdaveN Offline
                                        ntxdave
                                        last edited by

                                        @fredo6 said:

                                        Dave,

                                        Not sure I follow you.
                                        In this thread, there are 2 features being discussed

                                        1. Move along path: See this post

                                        2. Trajectory: previous post

                                        For Move along path, you select an existing path in the model (will be a Curve with a group). You can assign it to one or several objects, as for other movements.

                                        The reason why I won't spend time designing a path editor within Animator is that there are plenty of tools helping the creation of curves, smoothing, splining, spiraling, etc..... So it's better done outside!

                                        Hope this clarifies

                                        Fredo

                                        Oops, sorry I confused the two. I apologize.

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                                        • D Offline
                                          dtrarch
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Fredo
                                          Move along path is what I had hoped for.
                                          Just insert "node" along same for action and camera views.
                                          Would tracing a path create an editable path too.?? 👍 👍
                                          Thanks

                                          dtr

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