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Sharing Shape Sources

Sharing Shape Sources

2004-02-14 - By Hans Payer

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Thanks. I'll try that.

<http://www.rioting.com> <http://www.rioting.com/>
<http://www.rioting.com> Hans Payer

Senior CG Artist/

VFX Supervisor

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Guy Rabiller
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 3:31 AM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Sharing Shape Sources

In the Mixer -> Sources -> Shape, rightclick -> Properties.. on the
Shape Source you want to share.

You will see the field 'Item Name', lets say something like
"cube.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO".

You can share this Shape Source by wildcarding the item name.

So if you have a cube named 'cube' and another one named 'cube1', edit
the 'Item Name' field as:

"cube*.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO"

Now insert this source into the mixer, a Clip will be created wich will
drive the two cubes at the same time.

If you look at the Clip Properties -> 'Clip Item Information' you will
see several lines, one for each connected driven object.

You can then activate/deactive items.

Clip inserted before wont work, you have to re-create the Clips after
having modified the 'Item Name' field of a Source.

So to answer more precisely to your question, if you create 2 Clips this
way, and deactive one object in the first Clip and deactivate the other
object in the second Clip, you'll have now 2 Clips sharing the same
Shape Source, but usable as you mentioned, each object can have its own
track in the mixer with separate Clips.

Hope this helps.

--
guy rabiller | 3d technical director @ LaMaison

-- -- Original Message -- --

From: Hans Payer <mailto:hpayer@(protected)>

To: XSI <mailto:XSI@(protected)>

Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 3:14 AM

Subject: Sharing Shape Sources

Quick question:

In the same Model, how do you duplicate an object that has a shape
animation and have the copy share the same shape sources with the
original but have its own track in the mixer?

Thanks!

<http://www.rioting.com> <http://www.rioting.com/>
<http://www.rioting.com/> <http://www.rioting.com/>
<http://www.rioting.com> Hans Payer

Senior CG Artist/

VFX Supervisor

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Thanks. I’ll try that.


 

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-- --Original Message-- -- 
From: owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Guy Rabiller 
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004
3:31 AM 
To: XSI@(protected)
.COM 
Subject: Re: Sharing Shape Sources


 

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In the Mixer -> Sources -> Shape, rightclick ->
Properties.. on the Shape Source you want to share.

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You will see the field 'Item Name', lets say something like
"cube.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO".

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

You can share this Shape Source by wildcarding the item
name.

</div>

<div>

So if you have a cube named 'cube' and another one named
'cube1', edit the 'Item Name' field as:

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

"cube*.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO"

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

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Now insert this source into the mixer, a Clip will be
created wich will drive the two cubes at the same time.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

If you look at the Clip Properties -> 'Clip Item
Information' you will see several lines, one for each connected driven
object.

</div>

<div>

You can then activate/deactive items.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

Clip inserted before wont work, you have to re-create the
Clips after having modified the 'Item Name' field of a Source.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

So to answer more precisely to your question, if you create
2 Clips this way, and deactive one object in the first Clip and deactivate the
other object in the second Clip, you'll have now 2 Clips sharing the same
Shape Source, but usable as you mentioned, each object can have its own track
in the mixer with separate Clips.

</div>

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Hope this helps.

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-- 
guy rabiller | 3d technical director @ LaMaison

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Sent: Saturday, February
14, 2004 3:14 AM

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Subject: Sharing Shape
Sources

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Quick question:

 

In the same Model, how do you duplicate an object that has a
shape animation and have the copy share the same shape sources with the
original but have its own track in the mixer?

 

Thanks!

 

 

<a
href="http://www.rioting.com"></a><a
href="http://www.rioting.com/"></a><a href="http://www.rioting.com/"><img
border=0 width=150 height=84 src="cid:image001.jpg@(protected)"
align=left hspace=13></a><a href="http://www.rioting.com/"></a><a href="http://www.rioting.com"></a>
Hans Payer

 

Senior CG Artist/

VFX Supervisor

 

 

  

 

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