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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: DrieDeeGraphics on February 17, 2015, 01:32:09 PM
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Dear all
I'm trying to make a sound wall that transforms along a path.
In the attached file you can find the id of the wall en the result I modeled manual with snapshot.
Is there in anyway en numeric solution for this that you can define the path length and the element transforms automatically.
suggestions i had with wire parameter and an numeric expression.
Does anyone have an idea?
Gr Peter
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Hi Peter,
Please find attached a possible solution. For this I've used a variable called XSplinePosition to return a scalar value between 0.0 and 1.0 to represent a segment's position along the spline. This is then multiplied by the angle range and added to the start angle to get the rotation value for each segment. The final expression is:
Input1+((Input2-Input1)*XSplinePosition) - Where Input 1 = the start angle and Input2 = the end angle.
I hope that helps, please let me know if you have further questions.
Kind regards,
Paul
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in DrieDeeGraphics example segments curvature was variable too- not only pivot rotation...
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Hi Rokas,
Thanks I didn't spot that. I'll have another go :)
Cheers,
Paul
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Hi again,
I'm afraid I don't think that deforming the source geometry in that way is currently possible. RailClone does not yet have a way to control or offset the animation on source objects or access their modifiers. This feature has been requested before (http://forum.itoosoft.com/index.php?topic=2621.0) and is on our wishlist for future updates. Please let us know if there are additional features you'd like to see added. Suggestions are always welcomed.
Many thanks,
Paul
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Tanks for the update and fast reply.
Looking forward to this add on in the future.. ;)
Gr Peter