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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: Alex.S on August 22, 2022, 06:29:13 PM

Title: Accessing details of start / end / evenly pieces from default.
Post by: Alex.S on August 22, 2022, 06:29:13 PM
What would be the most optimal way to do this? Say for example I want to know the size of the start and end piece during my default pieces?

I've tried various methods and they all seem to be very costly and inconsistent. I don't think it's actually possible right now I think if they can be set by Marker Data.

Thanks
Title: Re: Accessing details of start / end / evenly pieces from default.
Post by: Paul Roberts on August 23, 2022, 10:42:27 AM
HI,

I'm assuming that you're not able to export the X Size attribute of the segments wired to the start and end input? Could you let me know a little more info about what you'd like to achieve?

Cheers,
Paul
Title: Re: Accessing details of start / end / evenly pieces from default.
Post by: Alex.S on August 25, 2022, 11:01:35 AM
If I do that, then it basically doubles the computation time, mostly I guess because I am using RC Spline markers to set the end piece perhaps? Setting just a constant value works wonders, but if I could do something like RCMarkerData[id, position] to return marker data at some other point on the spline that would help a lot.

Also I often run into issues when setting up patterns and I want to do something different to the end piece based on that pattern. Say for example we have a chequered on / off pattern, and I want to make the end piece the same or different colour as the last default piece, I can't get that information reliably (although I do have ways of estimating it with like 60-70% success, i often need to just manually set these via a Marker value)

I'm a bit short on time atm, is that an ok explanation?
Title: Re: Accessing details of start / end / evenly pieces from default.
Post by: Paul Roberts on August 25, 2022, 02:03:03 PM
Hello Alex,

Thanks for the additional info. I'll pass this on to the dev team and see what the options are.

Cheers!
Paul