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Thanks for sharing, Greg,

I love your progress and ingenuity with it.

I look forward to your next iteration with the color refinement.

Enjoy your weekend

Thank you very much for the reply, Hoi.

Have a nice day!

Thanks for sharing, schnoidl!

Yes, I see and feel the fun in it. Well done.

🙂

You're very welcome, Evann.

Yes, please ask when something isn't working as you like to have it, etc.

Thank you very much for your reply

Enjoy

Hi Michal Rodzinski,

The idea is to rotate the points around the axis but not the axis itself.

The position of each Point is based on the Object Axis. With this, the Normal is a Local idea. So you need to rotate the "surface" but not the axis. How to do that? Rotate Point from the X-Pool>System Presets> Matrix in XPresso.

Example:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wf6skt6a3w2xe6/CV4_2023_drs_23_XPvr_01.c4d.zip?dl=0
I have marked what can be moved and what can be rotated. Any derivation from that and the system is broken.

The "surface" can now be rotated or moved" while the Vertex Map is focused on the light source.

Since I have no file here, and screen capture nor images tell me that, I can only suggest/guess that you had in the Point Node, not the "Use Deformed Points" checked on.

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With that knowledge, you might use the Cluster Object to rotate the points around, while the Object that rotates the Point is a child of the Object, so it stays at Position 0, 0, 0.

My best wishes

Thanks for the reply, smckenzie.

A good mesh is based on knowledge and/or manual work.

It is not often that a roof gets a deformer treatment. With lots of polygons, deformers might work; the kind of deformation indeed dictates the structure of the mesh. Just lots of polygons are often slowing down the processing. So, we end up doing it manually anyway.

All the best

Thanks for sharing, smckenzie!

Those things can make me happy, as I can see the amount of saved time! Well done!

Enjoy your long weekend.

You're very welcome, AlexC.

My best wishes for your project!

If this works for now as a workaround, Greg, then let me say thank you for being so flexible.

I hope this is fixed soon and you get what you expect.

My best wishes for your project.

Thanks for the reply, history-growth,

Have a lovely rest of the weekend.

Hi activity-chapter,

Yes, the main idea is overwrites.

Chees

You're very welcome, nuno_motion.

Enjoy your project and have a nice weekend

Thank you for taking the time to reply, smckenzie!

Thank you for the kind feedback. 🙂

I believe we could triple the number of videos, and I'm sure (me included) would say, here is a gap, and there is one, etc.

I have been working on learning concepts for our industry; we will see how that goes. I can see what works and what fades in effectiveness. This needs an answer, and just producing more is not the solution.

Hence, your input is welcomed. Rest assured, we are aware of the qualities certain media have. However, there is more to it, and based on what I have experienced so far (I have watched 10K of videos in the past two decades), I'm not convinced that just screen capturing without an advanced context is the answer.

Fingers crossed, all the experience so far can be turned into a better methodology for future productions for the next "round".

My best wishes

Hi test-heat,

Thanks for sharing!

I hope you can see something positive in struggling. It always indicates that you are growing.
How often have you had that feeling in areas you take now for granted? Keep that in mind.

In, Through, and Out.

It is a cycle. We get so used to what we know, but if we look back at how much it has cost us to get there, the easier it is to endure those times we experience right now, as we can imagine the positive outcome.

Besides, please share your questions in the Q&A forum so things speed up and you can focus more on creativity.

Enjoy

Hi Gemini,

Yes, please send all ideas to Maxon "Share Your Ideas". Thank you for doing that. This is the direct way.

Thanks for any suggestion you share with Maxon.

The Layout video is just a short clip, not a tutorial
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2023_Clips_DRS/20230222_Layout_Templade_01.mp4

I hope that helps.

Cheers

Thanks for the feedback, rastermind!

I'm glad you had the idea to pull it as the first item and got a result! Very good!

Enjoy.

Hi Dutchbird,

I'm so glad to hear it.

Well done.

Enjoy

Hi lifeboard,

Please, no follow-up question that doesn't match the previous one. This will lead to a more challenging search and difficult-to-read forum.

The image that you show can fill books. Suggestion:
The Complete Guide to Photorealism for Visual Effects, Visualization and Games: For Visual Effects, Visualization and Games 1st Edition
by Eran Dinur (Author)

Please one item to discuss at a time, would you mind open a new thread, and I move the new post into your new thread. Thank you!
Open as many threads as you need!

All the best

Please no new topics in older threads.

I have moved your posts
https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/topic/900/model-a-membrane

You're very welcome, smckenzie.

Think of the most straightforward formula as the number 1, in other words, replace the formula with 1. This is then the same as the Plain Effector.
The one stands for 100% of the Parameter in the Effector.

When you explore the Variables in the interface, you might get some ideas already: use the id/count to have values from zero to 1 applied to clones with the id zero to id max.

That should be all for the beginning. Let it sink in.

All the best