Palm snap on the forehead! Of course! I knew I was trying to make this too complicated.

Thank you Sassi!!!!!

Thanks! It does reverse the order, but not the order of the animation, in other words I'm still not getting a movement from small to large
I'm realizing that I might need to deal with a step effector with "visibility" checked on and a linear field, gonna explore that

Hello
I feel like I'm missing some super obvious thing, but I'm stuck here with this simple stack of clones that are being scaled down by a step effector. I want the clones to appear from the smallest to the biggest, but whichever way I try this, I always end up with the order being off.
It would be like smallest clone first - > largest clone last....
Here is my file, sorry if this is super obvious...I feel like the answer is on the tip of my tongue.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hhnp4liqhkbcvy9d7l2dk/ScreemGrow.c4d?rlkey=wgfi1wgdj3xco5a3dwyfkicxw&dl=0

Oh and apologies for a maybe very obvious question, but how is the tracer working with the point selection?

Thanks!

Thanks you Sassi! That's fantastic, it really works perfectly!
I was wondering, as a follow up, if this kind of thing could be setup with Nodes to create a more procedural approach? I can still of course make all kinds of changes here, but just wondering if Nodes offer that kind of functionality ?

Thanks again, I can definitely get started with this approach!

Hello!
I'm trying to create a sort of "pyramid" effect"
I have a series of planes cloned, and scaled down with a step effector.
What I'd like to do is have a spline follow the "edge" of the pyramid, like an edge, but that would evolve dynamically with the movement of the planes (so if they scale down or move, the spline follows).

This C4d file has a doodle that shows what I mean, but I also put it here as a screenshot. The idea would be to have all four "edges" of the pyramid drawn.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qs9wun0ctxykjop70gdfi/ConeLine.c4d?rlkey=hcoe9841mlgymf3z33c1fckpc&dl=0

Thanks for any suggestions!

This is a fantastic solution! And so customizable! Thank you so much Sassi.
The scene is very speedy and responsive.
Thank you again!

Yes, that makes sense
Could you help me with a rendering issue? I tried this with the standard renderer and Cel Render, as well as with the wireframe render in RS, but I'm still getting a lot of hidden lines appearing in my render.
Here is my file, this is specifically with the method that was put in place by Jonas Pilz in the video you sent, which is quite handy because I can just save the node modifier and add it to different things. I followed his recommendation of adding a multiply node to avoid these diagonal subdivisions from appearing, but even though they don't appear in the viewport, they are still there in the render.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/05lwkiyrlj3xbvcz1juoo/QuadTreeNodeMod_Wireframe_CV.c4d?rlkey=1bfc9mhgfwvfejig4tkq22jxz&dl=0
Thanks for any suggestions!

Hey Sassi, I think this technique could work. How did you select that polygon? I suppose it would be possible to just stop the animation at a given point and extract it?

In the video you shared with Jonas Pilz and Noseman, their setup allows for selections, but these selections are of each level of subdivision. Would there be a way to extract a single Polygon (or group of polygons) from that selection?

Thanks!

Ah got it! Thanks Sassi, that's super interesting.

I do have a follow up question though, with any of these setups : do you see a way to "lock in" to any of the subdivisions individually? I'm trying to create an effect where everything is moving and subdividing, but one polygon "stops" and I can use 4 points to connect splines to it, or extrude it?

Thanks!

That's interesting, but how does it work? I tried disabling the Plain Effector, and the effect still works (just not the color), but I can't see how? I see you have an animated remapping contour, but I don't see how the polygons are getting subdivided?

Thanks!

Ah that's so great, many ways to achieve this.
Thank you for the clarification on Instance vs MoInstance, that makes sense.

Thank you Sassi!

Hey Sassi! That reference is great, I'm going to dig into that as I'm still very lacking in knowledge about nodes.
But the tutorial I'm following is here, and strangely in his case it is working fine?
https://youtu.be/yF0qBxbjAwk?si=l8t9_Ooh_qyoW8LK&t=71
I'm wondering if something changed with C4d versions as this is 4 years old?

Thank you!

Hello
I'm a bit stumped with a field color issue. I have a set of nested clones, that are being affected by a plain effector with Modify Clone on. The Plain effector has a random field which is affecting color.
For some reason the color is not appearing for me in my setup.
What am I missing?

Here is the file
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0m937kp3kc9ruon96qmkp/Quadtree_1.c4d?rlkey=eb3uiffs245os44iekgnkqus3&dl=0

Thank you!

Thank you Sassi, those are both great solutions! Thanks again so much!

Hello Sassi!
I'm coming back to this topic because I realized I needed to approach it slightly differently, but I'm getting stuck. I tried using your shrinkwrap approach, which is really great, but somehow it doesn't seem to work on this geometry.
I have two "rods", and I want the cylinder to "wrap" them both as if it was in tension between the two rods.
What I am getting is a strong "pinching" between the outer rod (thin one) and the inner rod (wide one). Do you see what I mean? I would like it to look as if the piece of "fabric" was in tension between the outside and the inside "frames"...
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kcx6ctxwmv9d5xcw20gl3/DrapingTechnique.c4d?rlkey=tii3vudm2mti5dvxa3tut6fg4&dl=0

Thanks for any suggestions!

Hello Sassi

This is great, the PolyFX trick works really well.
But I think the Shrink Wrap is actually even more flexible, even if it becomes harder to create procedural setups where they would overlap?
When you say combining Project and Thicken, do you mean Shrink Wrap and Thicken?

Thanks again!

Hello Sassi
Thank you for this. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work because what I am trying to achieve is for the wrapping to happen around each "segment" of the tube.
See this screenshot : https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ay8vsrysa244dr7qryedu/Cinema_4D_UDhSaM05yE.png?rlkey=fn10sca2oktmnnccumtfh3g9y&dl=0

What would be a good way to achieve this? Should I "hide" certain polygon selections? Or do I need to cut the frame up into smaller pieces?

Thanks!

By the way, this was the video that was originally shared on Cineversity (thank you Sassi!)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qmf7uskrhs62muw2thhru/Rubberbands.mp4?rlkey=6yria9353a0pu2ii7rqzsw82r&dl=0

This is roughly the effect I want, except that in the end I will want it to look as if a single seatbelt was wrapped around the whole frame, but I can cheat that with a series of loops

Hello
I'm trying to achieve an effect where I have straps (width of a seatbelt) wrapped around the frames that are in the linked file below.
I tried a technique I had learned from a previous post on the old Cineversity where splines are projected onto the geometry.
The problem I'm having is thaţ the splines are projecting onto the whole geometry, not just the top part.
The general goal here is to have the impression that a strap is completely wrapped around the whole frame, but I was going to go loop by loop as I can't think of a way to create a single wrap around everything...

Here is the file
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/89l7503w1ulgjx3alra1u/NicolasCar_Cineversity.c4d?rlkey=jqygn1eyx6vkrhhjwiu6cc196&dl=0

Thanks for any tips!