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vehicle rigs?

vehicle rigs?

2004-05-25       - By Marc-Andre Carbonneau

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Hmmm Mainframe had vehicle rigs for "Weirdos" tv serie
I know it was done in Softimage but it's obviously translatable in XSI.
Anyone worked on those rigs on the list?

cheers,
m-A

 -- -- Original Message -- --
 From: Dale Newton
 To: XSI@(protected)
 Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:14 AM
 Subject: vehicle rigs?


 A further question on the subject of the wheel turning expression:

 

 I have been experimenting with a vehicle rig which responds realistically to
the terrain it's on (a surface with points pulled) and to it's motion
(percentage along a path surface deformed to the above surface). The spring
operator gives me great results with a rig with four wheel suspension for bumps
, stops etc. So happiness there.

 

 My headache starts when I want to either turn a corner, or make the terrain
too bumpy. The wheels go out of alignment (as of course, the lengths of the
paths change). And here I stop - can't figure how to correct this.

 

 I know I'm probably down the wrong path altogether J, and there is one that
requires a little more scripting. Anyone got any ideas?

 

 Dale

 

 

 

 -- --Original Message-- --
 From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf Of
alex dinnin
 Sent: 25 May 2004 14:52
 To: XSI@(protected)
 Subject: RE: expressions question

 

 Thanks everyone for your help !!!

 

 Got it working a treat now !!!

 

 Alex

 Graham D Clark <mail@(protected)> wrote:

 use getBBox to get the geometries min max values as diameter then use that
value as diameter in the line where you apply your expression,

 or if you need the radius to animate over time (and the object has been
frozen or has no radius parmeter) then afaik you'll need to make a scop for it.

 it gets a little trickier if you want to 'steer' your wheel too  and have it
roate correclty in any direction but animating the wheels on paths and using
path percentage value to rotate can make that math a lot easier

 -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
 http://www.grahamdclark.com
 2nd hand TD

 -- --Original Message-- --
 From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
alex dinnin
 Sent: May 25, 2004 12:40 PM
 To: XSI@(protected)
 Subject: Re: expressions question

 Am I correct in saying then, that if you have frozen the object !!! you can
not use the radius ???

 

 thanks for the help on this everyone....

 Peter Twardo <peliosis_v2@(protected)> wrote:

 Well, since the amount of rotation, depends on both : translation, and radius
of an object, your expression could't work.

 I hope this helps:

 (Try changing radius of your cylinder or whatever if you havent frozen it)

 

 ' ******************************************

 CreatePrim "Cylinder", "MeshSurface"

 Rotate , 90, 0, 0, siAbsolute, siParent, siObj, siX

 ResetTransform "cylinder", siCtr, siRot, siXYZ

 InspectObj "cylinder.kine.local"

 AddExpr "cylinder.kine.local.rotz"

 SetExpr "cylinder.kine.local.rotz", "cylinder.kine.local.posx*-(360/(2*PI
*cylinder.polymsh.geom.cylinder.radius))"

 ' ******************************

 

 Peter


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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmm Mainframe had vehicle rigs for "Weirdos" tv
serie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know it was done in Softimage but it's obviously
translatable in XSI.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone worked on those rigs on the
list?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>m-A</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT:
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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=dale@(protected) href="mailto:dale@(protected)">Dale Newton</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> Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:14
AM</DIV>
 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> vehicle rigs?</DIV>
 <DIV><BR></DIV>
 <DIV class=Section1>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A
 further question on the subject of the wheel turning
 expression:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
!supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I
have
 been experimenting with a vehicle rig which responds realistically to the
 terrain it’s on (a surface with points pulled) and to it’s motion (percentage
 along a path surface deformed to the above surface). The spring operator
gives
 me great results with a rig with four wheel suspension for bumps, stops etc.
 So happiness there.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
!supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">My
 headache starts when I want to either turn a corner, or make the terrain too
 bumpy. The wheels go out of alignment (as of course, the lengths of the paths
 change). And here I stop – can’t figure how to correct
 this.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
!supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I
know
 I’m probably down the wrong path altogether </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
 class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Wingdings color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;
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symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
 style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</SPAN><
/SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
 class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, and
 there is one that requires a little more scripting. Anyone got any
 ideas?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
!supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Dale
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
!supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><SUB><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
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 <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle19><FONT face=Arial color=navy
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if
!supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Tahoma color=black
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-- --Original
 Message-- --<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
 owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]<B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>alex dinnin<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 25 May 2004 14:52<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> XSI@(protected)<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: expressions
 question</SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
 size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
</SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
 color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Thanks
everyone
 for your help !!! </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
 color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
 color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Got it working
 a treat now !!!</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
 color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
 color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Alex<BR><BR><B><I><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Graham D Clark
 &lt;mail@(protected)&gt;</SPAN></I></B> wrote:</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <DIV
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid;
PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 39.75pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt:
solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">use getBBox to get
 the geometries&nbsp;min max values as diameter then use that value as
 diameter&nbsp;in the line where you apply your expression,</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
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mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt:
solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">or if you need the
 radius to&nbsp;animate over time (and the object has been frozen or has no
 radius parmeter) then afaik you'll need to make a scop for
 it.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 39.75pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt:
solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">it gets a little
 trickier if you want to 'steer' your wheel too&nbsp; and have it roate
 correclty in any direction but animating the wheels on paths&nbsp;and using
 path percentage value to rotate can make that math a lot
 easier</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
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solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- <BR><A
 href="http://www.grahamdclark.com/">http://www.grahamdclark.com</A> <BR>2nd
 hand TD </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">-- --Original
 Message-- --<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
 owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] <B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>alex dinnin<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> May 25, 2004 12:40 PM<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> XSI@(protected)<BR><B><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: expressions
 question</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN lang=EN-US
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o
:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
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solid blue 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Am I correct in saying then, that if
you
 have frozen the object !!! you can not use the radius ???</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 43.5pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt:
solid blue 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 43.5pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt:
solid blue 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">thanks for the help on this
 everyone....<BR><BR><B><I><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Peter Twardo
 &lt;peliosis_v2@(protected)&gt;</SPAN></I></B> wrote:</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black><SPAN
 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
</DIV>
 <DIV
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid;
PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well, since the
 amount of rotation, depends on both : translation, and radius of an object,
 your expression could't work.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I hope this
 helps:</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Try changing
radius
 of your cylinder or whatever if you havent frozen it)</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">'
 ******************************************</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">CreatePrim "Cylinder",
 "MeshSurface"</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Rotate , 90, 0, 0, siAbsolute, siParent
,
 siObj, siX</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">ResetTransform "cylinder", siCtr, siRot
,
 siXYZ</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">InspectObj
 "cylinder.kine.local"</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">AddExpr
 "cylinder.kine.local.rotz"</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">SetExpr "cylinder.kine.local.rotz",
 "<STRONG><B>cylinder.kine.local.posx*-(360/(2*PI*cylinder.polymsh.geom
.cylinder.radius))</B></STRONG>"</SPAN></FONT><FONT
 color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">'
 ******************************</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black
 size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P>
 <P
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 72pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt">
<FONT
 face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Peter</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT
 color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p><
/SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
 <DIV
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: blue 1.5pt solid; PADDING
-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">
 <DIV class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 43.5pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso
-border-left-alt: solid blue 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"
 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">
 <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=1>
 </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal
 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none
; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN-LEFT: 43.5pt; BORDER-LEFT:
medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt:
solid blue 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><FONT
 face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do you
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 style="COLOR: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
</DIV>
 <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">
 <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=1>
 </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial color=black
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