MrRevolver

[Igors]

Hi, Ian

Edit: Have we discussed having underlay images to copy from? Or is this simply impossible with the current API?

API allows only reading images from resources. In other cases developers typically use img files that plug-in reads/unpacks itself. We think your request is rational, but it’s enough hard to predict what woud be a result: positive or negative Really, a simple fitting image to screen can be not enough, image can be “too black” (problems with graph’s visibility), image file is missed if plug-in is moved from to another mac etc. Say shorter, the feature is “too big and too blurred”. So, sorry, but no.
But you can do with Path2Line

[halfworld]

Hope to have an animation done for tomorrow,
Ian

[Vizfizz]

Beta 5 has been seeded to all beta testers. If you have not received your copy, please contact me.

[Vizfizz]

I’d like to point out something very cool about the marriage of Bebel and Revolver. Revolver possesses the ability to animate down to the individual control point level. We’ve never had that level of control before. With this ability, you’ll be able to change the shape of revolves or extrusions with precision accuracy over time. Its the closest thing we’ve ever had to vertex level animation. Very handy indeed.

[AVTPro]

Just mentioning, but can’t seem to get textures to render on a Encage/Revolver model. Just mentioning. Don’t if I it’s just something simple I am doing wrong.

[Vizfizz]

And on that note… point level animation…

Igors… is there a potential way we could have a tool to scale selected point positions two dimensionally in the cross section editor? Repositioning points by hand in order to animate a growing cross section equally will be pretty difficult without it.

[Vizfizz]

Just mentioning, but can’t seem to get textures to render on a Encage/Revolver model. Just mentioning. Don’t if I it’s just something simple I am doing wrong.

Encage, I believe, inherits UV coordinates from the child plugin (revolver), but this should work because I used it on my example. (Unless something has changed in B5.) I’ll check it out as soon as I can.

[AVTPro]

Encage, I believe, inherits UV coordinates from the child plugin (revolver), but this should work because I used it on my example. (Unless something has changed in B5.) I’ll check it out as soon as I can.

I will work with this more. I must be really screwing up because I can’t get Encage to export as a Sub-D object either and I know I have done this before.

[AVTPro]

Yes, It’s me. I was having some confusion with UVs and seeing the model, It was exporting both and I couldn’t see it.

[Igors]

Hi, Brian

And on that note… point level animation…
Igors… is there a potential way we could have a tool to scale selected point positions two dimensionally in the cross section editor? Repositioning points by hand in order to animate a growing cross section equally will be pretty difficult without it.

Select 2 or more points and use ‘[’ and ‘]’ (brackets keys, shift-accelerated)

[Vizfizz]

That’s what I was looking for. Excellent.

[Igors]

Just mentioning, but can’t seem to get textures to render on a Encage/Revolver model. Just mentioning. Don’t if I it’s just something simple I am doing wrong.

Encage, I believe, inherits UV coordinates from the child plugin (revolver), but this should work because I used it on my example. (Unless something has changed in B5.) I’ll check it out as soon as I can…

Hi, Alonzo, Brian

Yes, Encage inherits UV’s of its child groups. About MrRevolver texturing: turn ON “Use UV Space” (Group Window, Shading Tab) and then manipulate with “Disable UVs” checkbox in Texture Window depending from you want UVs or nope

[Igors]

Hi, Ian

Our question is: can we simply grab your images for MrRevolver gallery or you prefer to add your logos or what?

[halfworld]

Hi Igors,

One more for the road: http://homepage.mac.com/cake_or_death/revolver2.mov
Audio comes courtesy of my pestle and mortar

Just take the images as they are, but if you could credit me under the links to the images that would be great.

This plug is not only incredibly useful, but also fun
Ian

[Igors]

Hi, Ian

One more for the road: http://homepage.mac.com/cake_or_death/revolver2.mov
I got the idea when grinding some herbs for dinner last night with my pestle and mortar - I recorded the sound from it

Just take the images as they are, but if you could credit me under the links to the images that would be great.

Clear, thanks.
BTW: what procedural is flickering in animation so much?

[halfworld]

Yeah I’m gonna fix that, it’s aFraktal.
Ian

Edit: I’ll do this on Sunday and email it first thing Monday morning.

[halfworld]

http://homepage.mac.com/cake_or_death/anim-u-cv.mov

It isn’t pretty, just interesting, I’ll try to do something else on Sunday, although it might be too late.

Ian

[Igors]

Hi, Ian

http://homepage.mac.com/cake_or_death/anim-u-cv.mov
It isn’t pretty, just interesting,

Yep, not an “utilizing” prj but an interesting experiment IMO. Not all should be absolute concrete, thank you!

[3DArtZ]

Finally got some time to play with the Mr.Revolver plug.
I think its great!
I built Everthing with the Mr.Revolver, the turbine fans were then made
children of MrsBebel and it extruded the faces of the cone that made up the fans, which
I then added a twist deformer too.
Pretty cool!

http://www.vrcops.com/vids/MrRevoEngine.mov

I had a hard time when I tried to animate the fans spinning with motion vector blur, as it
applied a blur at zero rotation, held for a second, then into the rotation, which the blur was
fine…
Maybe I got a bit ahead of the testing issues here…

Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com

[Vizfizz]

Between Revolver, Bebel and deformations… you can build quite a bit. Nicely done Mike.