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Tails

Tails

2004-06-25       - By Jamie McDonnell - Character Rigging / Animation TD

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Simon,

Don't try editing the SPDL! I just have and it has buggered up the SpringOp!

I reversed the changes I had made, and re-saved the spdl, but no joy!

Re-install in order!

I thought it might just be a case of altering the SPDL that drives the PPG so
it accepts a negative value for the gravity, should have the same effect, but
maybe editing the SPDL externally rather than Ctrl-Shift right clicking the top
of the ppg and installing a new SPDL is the way to do it!

I'll try once more, then call it a day...

Anyone else shed any light?

Jamie






 -- -- Original Message -- --
 From: Simon Pickard
 To: XSI@(protected)
 Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:58 AM
 Subject: RE: Tails


 Hi again,

 

 Been playing with this script, and as far as I can tell it only allows
gravity to by down the -y right? Any way to change this to +y?

 

 Regards,

 

 Simon.

 


-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----

 From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Andrea Padovan XSI Dev
 Sent: 11 June 2004 00:25
 To: XSI@(protected)
 Subject: Re: Tails

 

 Ciao Simon,

 

 In truth the spring operator already exsist from XSI 3.5...

 You can apply it in this way...

 

 '********************************** Begin Script

 Set oColl = CreateObject("xsi.collection")

 PickObject "Effector",, oEff

 PickObject "Root",, oRoot

 oColl.Add oEff

 oColl.Add oRoot

 Set oP = ApplyOp( "Spring" , oColl )(0)

 InspectObj oP

 '********************************** End Script

 

 Limitation:

 

 If you set SpringScale to 0 you will lost Spring

 The springravity follow the -Y axis of chain root

 

 Bye bye

 

 Andrea Padovan

 www.borderliner.it

 

 

   -- -- Original Message -- --

   From: Simon Pickard

   To: XSI@(protected)

   Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:01 AM

   Subject: Tails

   

   Hello all,

   

   I've been using the new tails in xsi 4 for a while now and think they are
fantastic! Lots of possibilities there for animation.

   However I was wondering if there is anyway to apply them to a chain of
bones? I know you can create them from a curve (I guess it just does a chain
from curve first). So is there any way to skip this first stage and get a "pick
bones" ?

   

   Regards,


   Si.

   


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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Simon,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don't try editing the SPDL! I just have and it has
buggered up the SpringOp! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I reversed the changes I had made, and re-saved
the
spdl, but no joy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Re-install in order!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought it might just be a case of altering the
SPDL that drives the PPG so it accepts a negative value for the gravity, should
have the same effect, but maybe editing the SPDL externally rather than
Ctrl-Shift right clicking the top of the ppg and installing a new SPDL is the
way to do it!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll try once more, then call it a
day...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone else shed any light?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jamie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
 <DIV
 style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
 <A title=mail@(protected) href="mailto:mail@(protected)">Simon
 Pickard</A> </DIV>
 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=XSI@(protected)
 href="mailto:XSI@(protected)">XSI@(protected)</A> </DIV>
 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:58
AM</DIV>
 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Tails</DIV>
 <DIV><BR></DIV>
 <DIV class=Section1>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
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 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Been playing with
 this script, and as far as I can tell it only allows gravity to by down the
–y
 right? <SPAN class=GramE>Any way to change this to
 +y?</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,<o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
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/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Simon.<o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
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 <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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/FONT></B><FONT
 face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A
 href="mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)">owner-xsi@(protected)</A>
 [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf
 Of </SPAN></B>Andrea Padovan XSI Dev<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 11 June 2004 00:25<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><A
 href="mailto:XSI@(protected)">XSI@(protected)</A></st1:PersonName><BR><B>
<SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re:
 Tails</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ciao
 Simon,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In truth the spring operator
 already exsist from XSI 3.5...</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can apply it in this
 way...</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">'********************************
**
 Begin Script<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Set oColl =
 CreateObject("xsi.collection")<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PickObject "Effector",,
 oEff<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PickObject "Root",,
 oRoot<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">oColl.Add
 oEff<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">oColl.Add
 oRoot<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Set oP = ApplyOp( "Spring" ,
oColl
 )(0)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">InspectObj
 oP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">'********************************
**
 End Script</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Limitation:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o
:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you set SpringScale to 0 you
 will lost Spring</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The springravity follow the -Y
 axis of chain root</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bye
 bye</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Andrea
 Padovan</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
 href="http://www.borderliner.it">www.borderliner.it</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o
:p></P></DIV>
 <DIV>
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 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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   face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
   title=mail@(protected) href="mailto:mail@(protected)">Simon
   Pickard</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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   <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
   style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</SPAN><
/FONT></B><FONT
   face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
   title=XSI@(protected)
   href="mailto:XSI@(protected)">XSI@(protected)</A>
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   <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
   style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN>
</FONT></B><FONT
   face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Friday
,
   June 11, 2004 1:01 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
   <DIV>
   <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
   style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:<
/SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
   face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
   Tails<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
   <DIV>
   <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
   style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
   <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
   style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">Hello
   all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
   <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
   style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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   style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">I’ve
   been using the new tails in xsi 4 for a while now and think they are
   fantastic! Lots of possibilities there for
   animation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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   style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">However
   I was wondering if there is anyway to apply them to a chain of bones? I
know
   you can create them from a curve (I guess it just does a chain from curve
   first). So is there any way to skip this first stage and get a “pick bones”
   ?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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   style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language:
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