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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: March on May 16, 2014, 07:16:10 PM
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I'm trying to create an offset pattern based on a set of 4 units where each additional row of units is shifted by 1 in the sequence
For Example:
Row 1 would be A A B B C C B B A A
Row 2 would be A B B C C B B A A A
Row 3 would be B B C C B B A A A A
an so on
so far I have achieved this by physically shifting the Y Spline with a transform value of (1 unit)x its Y Count
However this requires that the extents of the geometry be pushed far beyond its clipping spline which pushes edge conditions
beyond the clipping area as well.
I am trying to figure out if there is a way to knock a list item out of the sequence that is fed in however, I can't link a sequence to the
input of an arithmetic node to set up a custom expression.
If anyone has any ideas about how to achieve this effect in a controlled way I'd really appreciate any ideas.
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Hi,
Thanks for the interesting question. One way to achieve this effect is to use a Selector operator instead of a sequence. That way you can control segments using expressions.
(http://lonelymonk.com/forum_images/7be71288db234046ae97b3c471680397.jpg)
In the attached example I've used two expressions. The first is a Modulo operation: mod(SegmentXCounter-1+SegmentYCounter,8). This uses SegmentXCounter to generate an output that cycles between 0 - 7. The SegmentYCounter is also added to this number to create the offset for each row.
This is then used in a second arithmetic operator that uses the input in a couple of nested conditional statements to select the appropriate segment:
if(Input1=1 | Input1=2,1,
if(Input1=3 | Input1=4 | Input1=7 | Input1=0, 2,3)
)
Hope that helps, many thanks,
Paul
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Thank you! That's working perfectly.
Taylor