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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: EM4616 on August 15, 2022, 08:59:44 am

Title: Panels rotation
Post by: EM4616 on August 15, 2022, 08:59:44 am

Hey,

Hope to get help from you,
I need to produce a facade for a building that consists of rotating panels (like doors) but with a relatively simple gradient, and I can't make each panel individually rotate from its axis, so that it actually opens like a door.
Wondering what is the best way to do this.
I would love a method in which a gradient in size and a gradient in rotation can be combined.
I am attaching a file in which they created it quite simply in another software.
Thanks ;D

Title: Re: Panels rotation
Post by: Paul Roberts on August 15, 2022, 12:23:04 pm

Hi,

Please see the attached file. The main issue with rotating panels is maintaining the original grid of the array. In this file I've solved that by combining a rotated segment with an "empty" segment that has the panel's original size wired to its X Fixed Size input.

Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Paul

Title: Re: Panels rotation
Post by: EM4616 on August 15, 2022, 12:41:11 pm

Hi,
Thanks , cant find the attached file  :-[

Title: Re: Panels rotation
Post by: Paul Roberts on August 15, 2022, 12:47:15 pm

It would help if I actually attached it :) Here you go.

Title: Re: Panels rotation
Post by: EM4616 on August 17, 2022, 09:00:17 am

Thank you !
Appreciate it .
It's a bit complex for me, really, but I'll try to figure it out.
Railclone is very intuitive but I wish there were simpler ways to produce varied facades or actions with a gradient of size and rotation.
 ;D