Introduction

I created some S Shaped animation paths using the Daz Script script shown below

then i used mcjTransport to create tubes that follow those paths

then i rendered them as 180 80x800 pixels PNGs

and that's what you get here !

History

October 30th 2015 5:30am - Release

Installation

Download the Zip Package found at the bottom of this page

Unzip it into your daz studio content folder

typically :

C:\program files\daz\studio\content\

or

C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library

once installed the 360 PNG images

will be in content/Runtime/Textures/mCasual/S_Shapes_TypeA

The 180 material presets will be in your Content library under

content/Shaders/mcasual/S_Shapes_TypeA

Use

select an object in the scene, typically a Primitive-Plane

apply one of the 180 material presets found in your library under

content/Shaders/mcasual/S_Shapes_TypeA

note, the 180 Diffuse color maps are in the folder

content/Runtime/Textures/mCasual/S_Shapes_TypeA

and are named A000.PNG, A001.PNG ... A179.PNG

they all contain an alpha/transparency layer

But since Daz Studio doesnt use those alpha layers

i also included alpha/opacity maps

named xA000.PNG, xA001.PNG ... xA179.PNG

You have entered the nerd room

Here is the script i used to create the animated paths that were

then used by mcjTransport to created the tubes ( morphs actually )

The line that reads "var step = 34 .... " is what sets the animation pattern

i used values 0 to 180 but there's probably interesting shapes to find using fractions

As you can see, it's the object ( usually a null node ) named Spline that will be animated

so you need something labeled Spline in your scene

TEXT BOX

var tick = Scene.getTimeStep();

var node = Scene.findNodeByLabel( "Spline" );

var pi = Math.PI;

var step = 34 * pi / 180; //<< try 32 degrees

var p = node.getWSPos( 0 );

var r = node.getWSRot( 0 );

var a = 0

var Y = DzVec3( 0, 1, 0 );

var rerot = Y.getRotationTo( DzVec3( Math.sin(a), Math.cos(a), 0 ) )

for( var fr = 0; fr <= 720; fr++ )

{

t = fr * tick;

node.setWSPos( t, p );

r = r.multiply( rerot )

p = p.add( r.getYAxis() )

a = a + step;

rerot = Y.getRotationTo( DzVec3( Math.sin(a), Math.cos(a), 0 ) )

}

License

by mCasual/Jacques

You can use this prop freely for personal or commercial use.

you may credit this prop to mCasual/Jacques

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