I'm sorry, I don't have [gems/duplicate] in the version of pdmtl that I just downloaded. It looks like a neat library though, will it be included in pd-extended soon?
I will try to experiment with [repeat], since it is getting tedious to manipulate more than 5 or 6 separate objects in the 'gemiverse.' ~Kyle On 4/18/07, Alexandre Quessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Consider using the [repeat] object along with [separator]... > See [gems/duplicate] in the SVN repository of the > http://wiki.dataflow.ws/PdMtlAbstractions > > a > > 2007/4/17, Cypod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Roman is right, just parenting down the chain, with small sphere (proxy > > geometry) to change the pivot control, from the center to one end. > > > > where separators come into play is to branch off arms and legs from the main > > body. The body's transform will still control the arm, but sibling > > hierarchies wont affect each other. That way you can move the body of the > > character and the arms don't fall off, but if you rotate the left shoulder > > it wont affect the right shoulder or legs. > > > > Thats how I created the dancing man patch, from a wow (World of War-craft) > > character that my friend build. Its still somewhat crude, but fun to be able > > to control characters in real-time during your performance. > > > > > > On 4/17/07, Kyle Klipowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, yes. After tinkering last night a bit I found that it is indeed > > > this simple. For some reason I was getting confused, based upon where > > > I was putting the separators for different branches of the structure. > > > I like this top-down approach. It makes it easy to add global > > > modifiers at the top of the gem chain. > > > > > > ~Kyle > > > > > > On 4/17/07, Roman Haefeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 23:32 -0500, Kyle Klipowicz wrote: > > > > > Ok, that was a dumb question, after looking at separator. > > > > > > > > > > But it raises some questions for me: is the best way to position > > > > > multi-geo unit, say of a sphere being orbited by smaller spheres, best > > > > > accomplished by using a lot of additions, or is there a way to chain > > > > > translate objects? > > > > > > > > if i understand you correctly, this is _very_ simple to achieve. here an > > > > example of a renderchain: > > > > > > > > > > > > [gemhead] > > > > | > > > > [translateXYZ] <- translate the whole planet system around > > > > | > > > > [sphere 1] <- sun > > > > | > > > > [rotateXYZ] <- rotate around Y-axis > > > > | > > > > [translateXYZ 2 0 0 ] > > > > | > > > > [sphere 0.1] <- earth > > > > > > > > > > > > you can also add the moon: > > > > > > > > | > > > > [rotateXYZ] <- rotate around Y-axis > > > > | > > > > [translate 0.2] > > > > | > > > > [sphere 0.03] > > > > > > > > > > > > hope, that makes it clear how to 'resolve dependencies' in gem. > > > > > > > > roman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: > > http://mail.yahoo.de > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > http://theradioproject.com > > > http://perhapsidid.blogspot.com > > > > > > (((())))(()()((((((((()())))()(((((((())()()())()))) > > > (())))))(()))))))))))))(((((((((((()()))))))))((()))) > > > ))(((((((((((())))())))))))))))))))__________ > > > _____())))))(((((((((((((()))))))))))_______ > > > ((((((())))))))))))((((((((000)))oOOOOOO > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > B~ > > www.cypod.co.nr > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > -- > Alexandre Quessy > http://alexandre.quessy.net > http://www.puredata.info/Members/aalex > -- http://theradioproject.com http://perhapsidid.blogspot.com (((())))(()()((((((((()())))()(((((((())()()())()))) (())))))(()))))))))))))(((((((((((()()))))))))((()))) ))(((((((((((())))())))))))))))))))__________ _____())))))(((((((((((((()))))))))))_______ ((((((())))))))))))((((((((000)))oOOOOOO _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
