Thanks for the explanation. Do you know how to select the items with an alembix_xform op, say from a selected set of alembic ops? I can figure out how to select the ops, but not the nulls under which it lives.
Morten Den 6. maj 2015 kl. 18:37 skrev Simon Reeves <[email protected]>: > The operators just have a time property with an expression that reads all > the controls from the time control for ease. > > Instead you could just add a ' T ' expression and it will update the frame > (time). > > And say you want to slip the cache by 5 frames and your framerate is 25 - > the expression would be T + ((1/25)*5) > > > > Simon Reeves > London, UK > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com> > www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk> > > On 6 May 2015 at 17:28, Morten Bartholdy < [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > The Crate documentation is kind of slim so I don't know the proper anatomy > > of alembic in a scene. The operators are gone - the time control remains. > > How can the operators work without the time control? I just tried deleting > > the time control and animation stopped evaluating. > > > > Morten > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Den 6. maj 2015 kl. 18:02 skrev Simon Reeves < [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> >: > > > > > Have the operators gone or just their links to the time control? If they > > > still exist... you could simplify it and not rely on a time control > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon Reeves > > > London, UK > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com> > > > www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk> > > > > > > On 6 May 2015 at 16:32, Morten Bartholdy < [email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > In the scene root - I was actually thinking of trying to put it in the > > > > model and see how that works. A different idea is to plot the animation > > > > to > > > > the mixer, which I would be quite happy with, but initial attempts have > > > > failed as it doesn't find any parameters to plot :/ > > > > > > > > Morten > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Den 6. maj 2015 kl. 17:21 skrev Eric Thivierge < [email protected] > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> >: > > > > > > > > > Where does the alembic time control live? > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:20:05 AM, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > > > > > > I have a heavy model with refmodel sub parts - onto this I import > > > > > > alembic animation data attaching it to existing nodes. This works > > > > > > fine > > > > > > so far. Saving the scene and loading it again I find that the > > > > > > animation is gone. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am guessing the alembic file is evaluated before the refmodels are > > > > > > loaded, thus throwing it off. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can this be the case, and how can I force loading refmodels before > > > > > > the > > > > > > alembic file? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Morten > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
