Digital Art Zone

Wow, it hasn’t been easy for you, but it looks like you got there in the end.  Good thinking!

the keen eye will have noticed that in the first post, i mentioned the word “animated”

well, each time you’ll run mcjTransport, you ‘ll have the option of specifying a new morph name

so you can have as many tube-shapes as you want for the same tube

in the image below i created 3 morphs/shapes

then i animated their morph strength

so using this, you could have Aiko plugging her guitar’s cable in the Amplifier
as in this scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dvwd8Hyh-Y

at frame 0,  // morph1 at 100% // morph2 at 0% // morph3 at 0%
at frame 10, // morph1 at 0% // morph2 at 100% // morph3 at 0%
at frame 20,  // morph1 at 0% // morph2 at 0% // morph3 at 100%
at frame 30, // morph1 at 100% // morph2 at 0% // morph3 at 0%

i thought i’d have the script ready today, but there’s one last and important feature i want to add

remember the image of the road in page 2 of this thread, the road was horizontal

in another case it was twisting a specified number of times

i’ll add the possibility to tweak the “roll” (sideway tilt )  of the road

this is essential if, for example you want a flat ribbon to wrap around a character’s arm or leg

so ... you’ll have to be patient smore

Better and better!

 

These boots look terrific!  It is hard to believe that it can be done in DS.

JimmyC_2009 - 14 September 2012 02:41 AM

 

These boots look terrific!  It is hard to believe that it can be done in DS.

well actually they were not done in DS,

i was trying to illustrate, that mcjTransport could be used to create flat ribbons, that follow a character’s leg or arm

so you could make the strings and straps using mcjTransport

the rest of the shoe would still be done in a modeler like Hexagon or Blender

though, the shoes for A3 are available free over here
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/4670/
they are props, not a “real” figure but still usable

as of this morning this is the UI

The simplest use would be like this

- select the number of sides and segments for your tube
- press the “build” button
- set Daz Studio’s timeline appropriately
- create a null
- animate the null, which creates a path
- press the “update tube” button
- done

I like the interface too.  Yes, my post was a bit confusing in regard to the shoes, I only meant the straps, that was staggering enough for me


When you get around to producing a script that can do shoes as well, can I be your business manager?

so here’s the last piece ( well maybe i’ll add something) of the puzzle

the “roll” of the animated marker ( the square with green lines ) is transfered to the tube

the animation of the marker is just 3 keyframes on a 32-frames playrange

knotty tube with (non-tiling) voronoi bump map

Looks like a knotted hose pipe.  There must be loads of uses for this script.  I am really going to get into this one when it is released.

Brilliant work!

looks like i’ll need one more day

i added the possibility to save a path as a profile curve

so you will be able to create profile curves without using mcjSuperLathe

also, the profiles dont have to be closed loops ( so i guess that’s no longer called ‘tubes’ )

Casual - 14 September 2012 06:24 PM

looks like i’ll need one more day

i added the possibility to save a path as a profile curve

Umm….while you’re at it, could you possibly get it to wash the dishes?

This is looking fantastic.  Take all the time you need…

i’m adding the possibility of welding the vertices at the beginning and at the end of the tube
( since it was available in mcjRibbons, mcjLathe and mcjSuperLathe )

Welding is good.  It looks useful.