Live Answer Time - Saturdays Noon CST

[robcat2075]

On Saturdays from 12 Noon to 1PM Central Time I will be available on Google Meet and attempt to answer/solve/demonstrate any A:M question you may have.

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1800 Saturday Greenwich Mean Time (while US is on Standard Time)

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[robcat2075]

Trot on in with your A:M questions to Live Answer Time at Noon CST, Saturday, December 28, 2024.


British Astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington was born on this day in 1882.

Although Eddington was the first to propose that the Sun derived its power by hydrogen fusion, he remained single throughout his life.

Eddington, right, on a toy donkey; during the Fifth Conference of the International Union for Co-operation in Solar Research, held in Bonn, Germany, 1913.

 

Positive image of the solar eclipse in Principe, West Africa, taken during Sir Arthur Eddington expedition to verify Albert Einstein's prediction of the bending of light with annotated positions of the stars:

[Tom]

If there is time I would like you to explain the dynamic constraint option. Can't seem to sort it out on my own...

Tail001(1).prj

[robcat2075]

Slight update.

Directly keyframing Enforcement percentage in the Chor is possible, so it should be possible to make a Pose Slider vary the Enforcement percentage also.

NewerTail010 keyed in Chor.prj

However, varying the Enforcement percentage at all seems to have a undesirable effect...
   

 

@Tom @ChuckGram @Roger

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[Tom]

Thanks Rob!

I agree that there is not a lot of nuance when dealing with the enforcement issue. Either it is on or off. I think my problem earlier was I was trying to do a Pose/Percentage and it really works best with Pose/On-Off.

BTW- I checked my old Alma mater University of California San Diego and they still have Albert Hurter's copy of "I Draw What I Please" in their collection. Also google "Arthur Rackham" for some lovely fantasy images.

Best

[robcat2075]

Here is a short version of what we were trying to do today... Varying Stiffness in a Dynamic Constraint

NewerTail014 stiffness in Pose.prj

 

 

@Tom @ChuckGram @Roger

[Tom]

excellent!

[Shelton]

awesome

 

[robcat2075]

On the "what is it good for" front I recall there were dynamic constraints used on the various jiggling parts of the "Hunter"animation.

https://forums.hash.com/topic/39399-hunter-model-jewel-of-am/#findComment-344080

 

[Tom]

Ha!  That is a pretty compelling display of what dynamic constraints are good at!