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    • fordmar
      fordmar last edited by Dr. Sassi

      I'm making a bar chart out of dollar bills and coins. Project link here:

      https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/720b92be-95bc-400a-657b-5cb78e874a74

      I want to use fields to wipe the chart in and out using a morph transform. I built unit blocks out of bills and coins, and staggered them into what I hoped would be a random arrangement, but I'm not having much luck using effectors to distribute the coin blocks and bill blocks in a true random arrangement. And the clones are becoming unmanageable - very hard to manipulate. I think I've gotten lost in the woods...

      Then it occurred to me - this might be why there's a Matrix object? I've spent way too long going down this rabbit hole and I don't want to go down another one without some indication that I'm on the right track.

      Would the matrix object let me create a bar chart design from truly random blocks of coins and bills - and then transform them with fields?

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      • Dr. Sassi
        Dr. Sassi last edited by Dr. Sassi

        Hi fordmar,

        Thanks for the file and for using Adobe cloud-services.

        Please have a look here.
        CV4_2023_drs_23_MGmp_01.c4d

        I would suggest using simple geometry to get things done quickly during setup. Then later, swap it out.

        The MG-Matrix is typically an idea to create a structure or have information available to be used with deformers, while the clones should not deform.
        Of course, with Redshift 3D, you can turn any MG-Matrix information into objects.

        Let me know what works and what doesn't.

        Cheers

        Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
        Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
        Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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        • fordmar
          fordmar last edited by

          How is it that you can put a link in a post directly rather than going out to Google Drive or Adobe to download? I thought Cineversity allowed only ZIPs. New day?

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          • Dr. Sassi
            Dr. Sassi last edited by

            Hi fordmar,

            I asked for the option to use "c4d', and we got a little over 1MB as the max upload. Zips are banned, as they can contain malware.

            Use the letter icon on the right, near the image.

            Enjoy

            Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
            Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
            Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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