Gee, sometimes I really wish I knew what NASA has you working on, Joey. Gotta love that you're working in Soft in that environment.
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] < [email protected]> wrote: > So…..**** > > ** ** > > If there is anyone out there who can share any insight to strand mechanics > in ICE I’d really enjoy hearing your thoughts.**** > > ** ** > > I took the OEM “Create Strand from Curves” Task and modified it into > something where I can animate the strand along the curve, generate dashed > lines, strand masking, transparency, offset, length, direction, etc, etc. > I’ve run into a couple things which puzzle me.**** > > ** ** > > **1. **The default strand draws with a round tip on one end and a > flat tip on the other. Can’t really quite figure out why the particle > segment is being cut in this way. Any ideas?**** > > ** ** > > **2. **When I reposition the strand along the curve, that is to > push the strand back towards the start of the curve at least partially, I > sometimes get artifacts in the strand trail where the end of the strand is > terminated at the end of the curve. This is usually only visible if the > strand has gradient colors or transparent color and occurs on the same end > with the flat tip. The appearance is as if multiple particles are getting > stacked on eachother or are masking segments. But I can’t make sense of > what is happening.**** > > ** ** > > I’m really looking for some insight on how a strand works, and what the > risks are in attempting to manipulate the strands along the curve. I get > that underneath there is an array with positions that sync with an array of > colors etc etc and that the positions are relative to the number of > segments, what I don’t understand is what is happening to the segment > stamps when they are pushed off the curve. Any insight is welcome. **** > > ** ** > > --**** > > Joey Ponthieux**** > > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES)**** > > Mymic Technical Services**** > > NASA Langley Research Center**** > > __________________________________________________**** > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not **** > > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party.**** > > ** ** >
