I guess I don't understand the problem....why not do just ID to Location >> strand positions ? It's quick and gives you the array you need right away.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Leonard Koch <leonardkoch...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hm somehow my first email didn't get through. > The trick is to turn the per point data into arrays, use a lot of find in > array nodes and to calculate the direction vector on the strand particles > instead of trying to get the strand data from them and then calculating it > on the other particles. > Hope this helps. > Here you can download the scene: > https://leonard-koch.squarespace.com/s/SeparatingStrandsAndParticlesForAlan.scn > And here is the image of the ice tree used in the scene > > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Christian Keller <chris3...@me.com>wrote: > >> If you clone the points clone the id into a new attribute, then you know >> which particle is the parent. And add a attribute that it's a clone. You >> can use that later to decide not to put orientation values on. >> Build a set from you tangent, whatever values and then you can select the >> corresponding value from that set. >> >> I'm not in front of a computer right now, but I'll have a quick look at >> it if you don't get it working. >> >> Chris >> >> >> -- >> christian keller >> visual effects|direction >> >> m +49 179 69 36 248 >> f +49 40 386 835 33 >> chris3...@me.com >> >> gesendet von meinem iDing >> >> Am 17.07.2013 um 12:02 schrieb Ciaran Moloney <moloney.cia...@gmail.com>: >> >> Maybe you're not getting the right ID to look up the strandpoints on? >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Alan Fregtman >> <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I thought that too, but it's not cutting it. :( >>> >>> The "do stuff" part doesn't get any StrandPosition data for the points >>> without strands. (Tried both ID to Location & Point Index to Location.) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Ciaran Moloney < >>> moloney.cia...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Point ID to location >> get strand positions >> do stuff >> Set >>>> Self.Orientation >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ciaran >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey guys, >>>>> >>>>> Scratching my head over this... >>>>> >>>>> So, I have two sets of particles. One is emitted then a second >>>>> particle is born (via Clone Point) and this one gets some strand stuff. >>>>> This one follows the original's motion. >>>>> >>>>> I wanna align the first particle to the strands' tangent from the >>>>> second particle. I got this working when it was all with one set of >>>>> particle, but now that I separated them, I'm a little lost with the >>>>> context. >>>>> >>>>> Getting self.StrandPosition to work out the tangents sets the context >>>>> to per-point and so if I set any data it does it to that original point I >>>>> read the StrandPosition from, therefore I end up affecting my strandy >>>>> particles, not the original. >>>>> >>>>> Any idea how I can get the StrandPosition from the strandy particles >>>>> and have it so when I set the Orientation I do so on the original first >>>>> set >>>>> of particles? >>>>> >>>>> Any help appreciated. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> -- Alan >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
