Tom

Whatever you did seemed to work. Did you adjust the model in some way?

I tried moving the boolean piece around slightly but it's still flicking. Hmmmmmm... I'm stumped...

Sounds interesting... I will mark the calendar for next Saturday Live Answer Time and hope nothing comes up that demands my attention.. Attached is a 3D object to reveal. LetterS.mdl

Thanks! If you put some time lapse scaffolding and little cars along with a moving light source it could really be fun... Another related question. Can the pose slider controlling transparency be used for a curved object? Like a 3d model of a letter being revealed (see attached)? I took a cylinder and applied the transparent material.... then I deformed the cylinder into a letter, and the pose slider worked great. But I wonder if a pose slider can be applied without the step of sculpting the curved shape from a linear shape? Tom

Great comments on the rigging. Will have to go back and study it in more detail... ...but in the meantime here is what Rob taught me yesterday. I used 4 frame holds on the incremental increases in opacity to approximate the jerkiness of time lapse videos. timelapse.mp4

Excellent! Many thanks for taking the time to answer my question! I'll try to post an example when I get it to work! Tom

Just attended the meeting and my AM IQ went up quite a few notches...Many thanks to Rob and the others!

I am having trouble connecting. The microphone on one laptop wasn't working and the other (very old) laptop said that the hangout link did not have the correct security certificate and wouldn't connect and my phone said that the video link timed out because of an error... g.. I am going to try and connect through my desktop computer and see if I can type my question in.. if not I\ll try another day

Thank you for the tips...(BTW- I agree that the rigging question is probably too complicated for one session). I noticed Raf is now doing something called "Ephemeral Rigging" which looks interesting but again,... very complicated I presume:. https://lesterbanks.com/2018/10/raf-anzovins-ephemeral-rig/

Here is another question if I can attend. I came across a SetUp Machine rig that Raf Anzovin created years ago and have been trying to deconstruct how it works...with little success. Maybe the rigging in this could be explained..? Tom Basic Guy TSMRig.mdl

I've never used Google Chat and will try to attend. If I don't get in it will be because of technical issues and not because of lack of interest. I am on a satellite internet as I live in a rural area and it sometimes is a slow connection. Tom

Hello Hashers- I am trying to simulate a time lapse building being constructed and it occurred to me that it might be useful to have a pose slider controlling the vertical axis transparency of the object so that the building appears to grow from the ground up...according to the sliders position. The only trouble is I can't figure out how to set a slider to do that. Does anyone have suggestions? Many thanks, Tom

The author of the book I posted (Gerard O'Neill) felt that migration into space would really only start to happen when the private companies got involved. He felt governments are subject to so many bureaucratic and political forces that they cannot operate as efficiently as a private company. Here is a tantalizing picture of what may be coming: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-hotel-designs-von-braun-station-scn/index.html

very cool....

funny stuff... keep em' coming!

thanks!

Many thanks for posting the project and bitmaps... Most generous! Definitely will play around with them. For any space buffs looking forward to the possible rocket launch today of the two astronauts (using a private company) here is a great book pointing to a possible future scenario. Tom

Terrific job Rob!

Thanks!

Rob- I only just now (may 25) saw your post on May 2 showing your rocket plume animation. Very Good! I was also looking at your "green fart gas " example (from a few weeks ago) which had some similarities with the rocket plume attempt. Do you know if/when that "opacity over time" issue will be addressed? That would probably add to the animation. Thanks for the example. Tom

I had received the tainted email and my gut told me not to open the zip file. I wrote back to Jason to find out the circumstances and after reading his post, I am glad it is all sorted out. You can't be too careful with all the viruses floating around ( both biological and digital). Hang in there Jason! Tom C.

Hahahahahahahaha.... Silent but deadly Tom

I tried manipulating the existing model to try and get a curved arc to the effect but with not luck yet. I'll keep trying... Tom

Robert- Have studied the project and am amazed at the cleverness of how you assembled the pieces! Well done! The material and animation is presently applied to a flat model. Do you think that if the model were designed differently (like a circular shape) the clouds could be made to unfold as they do in the attached time lapse clip? Tom timelapse.mp4

Many thanks! I will study the written description and try and increase my AM IQ! Tom