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Tails

Tails

2004-06-10       - By Jamie McDonnell

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I have been battling with creating a blend between a control object and spring
driven tail, so you can have either total manual control, total dynamic control
, or a blend of each.

It is a bugger though, at the moment, blending chains created from curves is a
no-go because of the way xsi orientates the bones, so I have had to create a 3d
chain, and a curve with clustered points, manually constrain, then constrain
the orientation of the result chain's bones to the curve chain, and set
expressions on the Rot XYZ of the result chain's bones, save this as a clip on
the mixer, and link the weight from the expressions and the blend value from
the constraints to get the blend between the spring and the spline chain. It is
a git, but it would be nice to have a flexable manual / dynamic control for the
tail. It is a mission, but I am nearing a satisfactory result...

Jamie

Has anything changed in the spring op in 4?

Tar
 -- -- Original Message -- --
 From: Simon Pickard
 To: XSI@(protected)
 Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:42 AM
 Subject: RE: Tails


 Nice one!

 

 Thanks, exactly what I needed to know.

 

 Regards,


 Simon.

 

 "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" e: 458 - Release Date: 07/06/2004

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been battling with creating a blend between
a control object and spring driven tail, so you can have either total manual
control, total dynamic control, or a blend of each. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a bugger though, at the moment, blending
chains created from curves is a no-go because of the way xsi orientates the
bones, so I have had to create a 3d chain, and a curve with clustered points,
manually constrain, then constrain the orientation of the result chain's bones
to the curve chain, and set expressions on the Rot XYZ of the result chain's
bones, save this as a clip on the mixer, and link the weight from
the&nbsp;expressions and the blend value from the constraints to get the blend
between the spring and the spline chain. It is a git, but it would be nice to
have a flexable manual / dynamic control for the tail. It is a mission, but I
am
nearing a satisfactory result...</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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anything changed in the spring op in
4?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tar</FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
 <DIV
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 <A title=mail@(protected) href="mailto:mail@(protected)">Simon
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 <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> Friday, June 11, 2004 12:42
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 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Tails</DIV>
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 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks, exactly what
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 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
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 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
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 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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 <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",,
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 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">oColl.Add
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 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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oColl
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 <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">InspectObj
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**
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 <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
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 <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>
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   href="http://www.borderliner.it">www.borderliner.it</A><FONT
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