copy to points rotation

[Halltom92]

Hi,

I'm currently trying to assemble a chain, driven by a guide curve. Using the copy to points node, I'm trying to figure out how to rotate every other copy by 90 degrees. I can only seem to control the orientation using N, which is set to the tangent of the guide curve. I'm sure I'm able to do this using the orient attribute, but I'm not completely sure how to.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks

odforce_test_001.hip

[Sepu]

One way to do it, will be using an @up vector and a cross product between the current up and N from the polyframe. Use the module function to rotate every other chain.

v@up = {0,1,0};

if(@ptnum % 2 == 1){
    @up = cross(@up, @N);
}

 

odforce_test_001_FIX.hip

Edited December 21, 2017 by Sepu

[Halltom92]

That's perfect. Thanks for your help.

 

Merry Christmas

[Parboil]

Recreated the chain rotation setup a slightly different way. Using 45 degree interval rotations and there is a global rotation offset. 

vector temp_up = set(0, 1, 0);

@N = normalize(@N);
@up = cross(temp_up, @N);
v@binormal = cross(@N, @up);

setattribtypeinfo(0, "point", "binormal", "point");

matrix3 mat = set(@N, @binormal, @up);

float rot = radians(chf("rotate"));

rot += 45 * @ptnum;
rotate(mat, rot, @N);

@orient = quaternion(mat);

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by Parboil