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Posted: 18 January 2019 11:11 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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Hey Sassi,

I’ve set up a piece of xpresso that dispenses cylinders as you adjust a slider. It works pretty well, but I am wondering if it could be taken a step further. As the cylinders reach the top, they disappear. Wondering if it’s possible to have them adjust as they get to the top, as it would in real life. Basically they would move to the center toward the top.

My second part of the question, is it possible to “release” the cylinders from the cloner object as they reach the top, and basically turn it into its own object, so that I can freely animate its position? If not, having them disappear toward the top is fine. Then I could just have separate cylinders at the top, with their visibility turned As the clones reach the top, I could animate these other cylinders to show their visibility.

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Posted: 19 January 2019 01:51 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi Matt,

Here is your file back, please note that your Spline/Offset set-up “kills” the object on the end (if not set to loop) and with that, the story ends for this combination.

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/Tb6jiGZnb1Ag0MvK6dfhW0ViT0ZtduN7Fl4owuLVzvf

I have attached a screenshot, as one of the fields needs to be adjusted for a more natural move.
The Effector has to work for the left and the right side differently, hence the 1 or -1 value.
This, in return, leads to one more effector to get the up movement always positive.

You can create objects with Python, not with Xpresso. Since the movements are predictable of the object and in relation to the dispenser, I would go with a new Cloner to work. Or with a Pose Morph, as discussed last year.

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Posted: 19 January 2019 02:40 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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This is extremely helpful! Seriously, this looks great. Thanks so much Dr. Sassi!

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Posted: 19 January 2019 02:55 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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You’re very welcome, Matt, thanks for feedback!

Let me know if there is anything else, I’m happy to look into it.

Enjoy your project.

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Posted: 19 January 2019 04:06 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Dr. Sassi, how did you get the numbers next to each clone?

*edit (disregard, I figured it out (Transform - Display: Index)

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Posted: 19 January 2019 05:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Thanks for updating your own question, Matt.
Yes, this is the way to do it.

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