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Posted: 03 August 2017 07:04 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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I want to put cloners on cloners without the children inheriting the attributes of the parents.  for example, i have cubes cloned onto random scaled spheres.  i want the cubes to all be the same size, regardless of the object it is on. can i do this and still retain the original cloner?

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Posted: 03 August 2017 07:38 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi SethO,

Please have a look at the two options that I have attached in this zip file:

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/OhouXxuhxLAhvvYLGog3OM5XWGGcUCMkxnPDSpl1olM

The fastest way might be, to have a Connect Object recreating all the geometry, before it is delivered to the next Cloner. _01 (It might have a tendency to slow things down, if you have a much larger scene.)

The second file _11 takes the Spheres into a Matrix, to create the PSR for the next step. But the Inheritance Effector> Parameter is set to P:yes S:no R: yes. So no scale is delivered to the Cloner Object.
The XPresso is used to deliver the amount needed, as that is not inherited.

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Posted: 04 August 2017 07:30 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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ok!  new follow up question:

goal - randomly create doors and windows along the exterior of a building created by cloned spheres without converting to polygons along the way. 

question - Can i drive the cloner location using the intersection of another cloner object and a plane?  (ie, put doors around edges on ground)

i tried a proximal shader direction, but it fell apart quickly cause of the procedural base shapes have no actual vectors or edges.  I thought, maybe i could just clone them all along the surfaces, and then somehow define the Y position independently.  maybe a plain effector could do an absolute value the same for every clone, but i can’t find out. 

thanks a ton for your help, Dr. Sassi.  You and this forum keep me from giving up!

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Posted: 04 August 2017 07:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Thanks for the nice feedback, SethO.

Would that come close? So, the green one for example is a door that fits closer to the edges than the previous one…
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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/SCxWp4xxbuiHFieU5DyjjvmzxqWtBfGldd51qsSpr5F

OR should it be on the edge until a new area clone would be taken this place (No idea about how to do it, just checking my understanding of the question. Perhaps a Boole Operation could lead to this…

A scene file with some pointers would be nice, or is it the same file as the one above.

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Posted: 04 August 2017 08:02 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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ok, here is the file.  you can see the cloner “doors”. i narrowed their location using a plane effector to hide, but they still drift up and down a bit.  i want to give them a solid Y location so they can only exist on the ground plane. 

none of this!  http://sacramentoappraisalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Door-heading-to-parking-lot1.jpg

edit: added file.

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Posted: 04 August 2017 08:56 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Thanks for the file, SethO,

The spheres are not moving, and the floor is stable, is this correct?
Any of these doors has to start at floor level, right?
I assume so, I will take a look into that. (No idea so far…)

Talk to you soon.

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Posted: 04 August 2017 10:27 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Here is an example, SethO.

Since I missed a couple of plug ins for your scene, I have set up a new file. Certainly simplified.

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/p0bqHaelpYpqdVffP3yESxSJikb7Nsz55fzSSqj6KFi

The core idea is to produce information where it is needed. Then use the MoGraph selection To determine where to put the doors. Since that is a fixed indexing, and change of the scen will result in a perhaps drastic change there, so safe often, at least.
I introduced an extra step with the Polygon Object, as the Edge setting in the Cloner Object determines the scale along the edge. To keep the orientation, but get rid of the limitation, the Polygon Object is placed and this information is then used in the last Object Cloner. Oriented, but not limited at all.

The Doors (cubes) have their parametrically axis in the center, so the doors have a symmetrical counterpart in the soil. THis could be prefented if needed, but I guess you have a door model and there the axis will be on the floor level.

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P.S.: as an after thought, if you render the spheres anyway as Primitives, the segment count could be much lower (including the floor disc), so the Boole workload will be less, and the MoGraph Selection lighter as well.
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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/Q8wfKdPx6oUquKzpUgFiekOdyz1z9YcyGZFM2zfJH6K
Looks rough, but render it…

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Posted: 05 August 2017 01:29 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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SethO,

Here is a little sketch. I have yet to find a more Cloner based way to integrate it, though.

Anyway, just for fun—in short, pull the P.Y up and down and the “door/entrances” will stay on the floor at zero. With MoGraph Selection a quick decision can be made to place the “door/entrances’.

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/EIhTTdNoR4RQxxWeEJKgZXyyOE1z2MU7k8YzzO9IWEq

ENJOY

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Posted: 05 August 2017 04:28 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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ah, amazing!  ok, I will study these and get back to you.

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Posted: 05 August 2017 01:28 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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You’re very welcome, SethO, thank you.

Let me know if there is a question.

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Posted: 07 August 2017 08:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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Alrighty:

I think i found a way, but its got a snag.  I have to make the object editable for the spline to work.  attached file shows the spline mask vs the spline, but they have surprisingly different results.  do you know how i can get the spline mask to work?

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Posted: 07 August 2017 09:34 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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Yes, SethO, that is the way it goes, been there, sorry to say that, but so far I haven’t found a way to Boole Splines coming from a Cloner.

I can’t really tell if there is an plug in even for that.

What you could do, add your voice here:

https://www.maxon.net/en-us/support/suggestions/

OK, perhaps you have a follow up idea, as I miss at the moment the P.Y movement translation… (perhaps as done in a file above!?), here it must be zero for that to work, and so no fit for your scene, as shared below, just an initial sketch.

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/ikjvbetWomcIurAwUnbK3ibgGQMisaD4GKrD02VqMm2

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/IUqarkraeqSorKWmUhfGI1QY1THzmbCc234BwQzuEeF

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Posted: 08 August 2017 01:59 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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P.S.: Not that I found a way to combine Cloner Object based Spline objects, but something close to it.

To given an overview what it is and how to expand it, here is an one minute clip:
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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/Fj9ZTYUvmvPdI6CCyMqokNGxaCEPdN9jazVcfCALJpE

And here is the file that was shown in the clip:
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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/UbASfHPSSX3cSxPbrjYU9kpQkwQMPQKX3q73KBWccLi

Enjoy

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Posted: 08 August 2017 03:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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P.S.2: I guess that is more fun to work with than the one in post #12, even I love the Spline outline a lot.

This one takes the Voronoi Fracture object and splits the Sphere houses at ground level. I created a little gap (this can be closed), so the MoGraph Selection work is easier. (Sometimes two polygons were on top of each other.)

In this little one minute clip I give you an rough over view, and in fact it is all based on the Voronoi Fracture generated “Surface Break Edges”. It is that simple, just click in the Selections part of the Voronoi Fracture, and the selection is created.

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/JTTsZ3boNOIOhyKm7AQDAtCu9YS9hmKa9qfnomwLVkH

This selection is then used to create these little polygons. I added this step to orient the clones. (At least one will have none to look at.)

Then the last step is to create the doors/entrances where they are needed. As before, I understand the set up as static result.

Here is the file

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/Yz0pVYouQJ2qOJ5q4qmeMLJpWQCLsHliJQjjpJAAYLH

Just for fun a little sketch, if windows should be done in a similar way.
Scene file
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/g1poIkjHrdiXIBkniKOzUfUioaiAj440Amu611lHZVi

I hope that works for you, let me know if there are any question

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Posted: 08 August 2017 12:51 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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AH OK

Mograph Tracer, “connect elements” of the spline mask.  clone to tracer.  BAM!!!


edit:  it MOSTLY works.  when the spheres come apart, they can have long connectors.  but its still pretty cool. Thanks!

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Posted: 08 August 2017 01:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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Yes, SethO, the Tracer has no concept of split or creating Spline Segments at certain conditions, and then later perhaps not.

I hope post #12 or post #13 has something for you.

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