 Introduction This is a version of the existing mcjTracer plugin which adds the ability to display animation paths
In case there's bugs in the new version, i leave the old version(s) of mcjTracer as they are
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mcjTracePath the companion script that creates paths for mcjTracer http://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/mcgtracepath-for-mcjtracer also, to make your animation life easier get the setInterpolation script http://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/setinterpolation-for-ds2-3 Installation you will find the plugin at the bottom of this web page in the "attachments" section mcjTracerDS45V2x32.dll for Daz Studio 4.5 32 bits mcjTracerDS45V2x64.dll for Daz Studio 4.5 64 bits this dll must be placed it in your Daz Studio 4.5 plugins folder typically the 32-bit version of the plugin ( mcjTracerDS45V2x32.dll ) goes in C:\Program Files (x86)\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins and the 64 bit version of the plugin ( mcjTracerDS45V2x64.dll ) goes in C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins Old School Use ... Tracing Objects and Figures
Please refer to mcjTracer for DS4.5's manual for instructions concerning the display of objects
Tracing Animation Paths Select the node to be traced
Example: we select a Null node named "tip", this node is parented to Aiko3's index tip
 create the mcjTracer node
using Daz Studio's "Create" menu
 Select the mcjTracer node
using the Daz Studio's Scene tab
 Enable the Track Mode
in the Daz Studio's Parameters tab you should now see the mcjTracer node Parameters
go in the "Track" category and turn "Track Mode" on
 Enable the "Per Animation Frame" option
by default the mcjTracer displays the path of the target node only if the target node has keyframes
but in our example, It's Aiko3 which will have keyframes, the "tip" node is simply following Aiko3's hand
 Starting to get something
we see the tip's path but it's a dashed line
 Turn on the "Treat Vertices As One Long Line" option
in the Geometry section
 Got it !
i changed the mcjTracer trace surface color to red and increased the Edge width
 modulating the line width
in the Track section of the mcjTracer parameters, turn on the "Use XScale as Width Control" option
animate theXScale of your target node ( in our example, the "tip" node )
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