Hi Gabe Gonzales,

The User Data option is for convenience. Otherwise, you must open the XPresso Editor before your animation setup session and search for the right node. Doing that in a project after a month is not fun, and things get complex occasionally. The idea is always to work towards a setup that is not in the way of animating the scene. When one is in the flow, things must be simple to handle and able to focus on what is important, and that is never to search for a parameter somewhere.

Those User Data Entryries can be done all on one Object (or several), allowing for the creation of a mixer panel. From there, creating a HUD (Head Up Display) Copy in the editor window is also easier. Which can show up when the Object is active or permanent. Like in a car where no one would put the head-light switch into the trunk 😉

The Spline node is limited in this regard. If you like to have more, you can do it via Math. Example:
CV4_2025_drs_24_XPsp_01.c4d

Or just use a Helix and set the Height to zero, then increase the End Angle and perhaps the Interpolation. It looks like a circle, but it is so much more.

Cheers

Thank you very much, Gabe Gonzales,

The file was over 1MB, which led to an error. Default settings: nothing that I can change. Sorry.

Thank you for the file and the extra work.
The noise circle had 14392 points and eight (2x4) segments, while the Circle had 8001 points and one segment.
What means 2x4? The noise spline had each segment twice in it. Besides that, each segment's point order was either clockwise or counterclockwise, or we take the Circle like a clock.
The Point order can be reversed in the
Main Menu> Spline> Point Order> Reverse Sequence.
This will not work with mixed directions of segments in one Spline object. Explode, fix, and then Connect would be a workflow.

Here is your file back.
https://projectfiles.maxon.net/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20241212_CV4_2025_drs_24_CAsp_01.c4d.zip

I suggest creating the base file for the Posemorph the same way as the next Pose object. This allows for a simple way to match.

Think of the point mode as an option to connect all POI IDs that match each other as the ideal setup.

All the best

Thank you very much, Gabe Gonzales, for your reply.

My best wishes

Hi Gabe,

Thanks for the file.

The bottleneck is in the Multi-Group. See the analytics below with 15 million particles, which are an added workload. I'm unclear if the Multi Group pulls the data from the GPU back into the CPU here. Perhaps test your scene to see if Caching will help. My laptop here will not show your performance, I assume.

Screenshot 2024-11-02 at 10.27.58 PM.jpg

I have copied the Color Mapper and the Advection to each Group. Please take a look. I do not have the capacity here to render many tests. Sorry.

CV4_2025_drs_24_PApy_21.c4d

Enjoy your weekend

This sounds great, Gabe Gonzales, I love to hear that it works for you.

My best wishes for your project

Hi Gabe Gonzales,

Thanks for the file.

The two Bend Deformers are each (separately) set up so that they would keep the Geometry-like paper.

However, they no longer work on a sheet of paper; the second one works like a tube. With this, the bend will either squeeze or stretch a certain part of this "Object".

There is no solution for that with two bend Deformers nor in reality. The second one starts working on an object that has a volume.

What you need to do is a single option to deform. Many joints might be the answer if the target is a multiple-curved object. Going by the extended timeline setting, it feels like you stopped very early. Suggesting something at that point makes me wonder if any suggestion will result in an "but later that wouldn't work...

Do you have any way to share the complete animation idea, e.g., via storyboard?

Cheers

P.S.:

I do no know if that is helping much compared to the suggestions above.
Here is a short intro (20sec)
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_Clips_DRS/20240324_FrontView_SplineDraw.mp4

Here is the file, and the Null object with the tag can be stored in the Asset browser or merged to an existing scene. (Delete the Oil Tank before storing it)

CV4_2024_drs_24_MOsb_01.c4d

Enjoy

You're very welcome, Gabe Gonzales.

My best wishes for your project

Hi Gabe Gonzales,

I have no idea about your set up. So, please let me know what is working or what is not.

CV4_2024_drs_23_RSps_01.c4d

All the best

Hi max1e,

Thanks for the question. The situation has not changed, as before, and with the version released on Wednesday this week.

The only way to cache is with all frames before they need to be calculated; the RS Volume allows them to reload and offset the range if needed.

Please open a "ticket" with the "Share your Idea" here:
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

I indeed will support anything in this direction.

Cheers