Examples

 Examples

Arrange objects along a spline

This example shows how to use the spline node to position several objects along a spline. By default all children of the Arrange Null will be placed along the spline evenly. In the movie the Start and Stop percentage are animated.
Movie (QT 100KB) Scenefile (C4D 50KB)

Morphing with Xpresso 1

This example shows how to use the Collision node to morph between polygon objects.
Movie (QT 539 KB) Scenefile (C4D 1.8 MB)

Morphing with Xpresso 2

Morphing between two given polygon objects with Xpresso.
Movie (QT 125 KB) Scenefile (C4D 1 MB)

Multipede setup

A simple way to create characters with multiple pairs of legs.
Movie (QT 369 KB) Scenefile (C4D 1.8 MB)

HPB Targets with Xpresso

Three basic setups for target expressions build in Xpresso.
Scenefile (C4D 37 KB)

Simple Deformer

This example shows the use of the Point node to read and set point data
Movie (QT 233 KB) Screenshot (PNG 159 KB) Scenefile (C4D 193 KB)

Stick to deformed mesh

This example shows the use of the Polygon node to attach an object to a polygon of a deformed mesh. You have to increase the priority of the Xpresso Tag for this to work correctly (already done in the example)
Movie (QT 700 KB) Scenefile (C4D 117 KB)

Point stick to Object

This example shows the use of the Polygon and Point node to attach the point of a spline to the center of a polygon
Scenefile (C4D 19 KB)

Adressing a child by it's position in the OM

This example shows how to adress a childobject by it's position in the OM hierarchiy below a parent (number)
Scene (C4D 57 KB)

Lightintensity graph (requires TP)

This examples shows a way to measure the brightness of a light using the PLight node that comes with Thinking Particles.
Movie (QT 78 KB) Scene (C4D 58 KB)

Animating labels

This example shows how to create textlabels that follow the movement of the camera to stay readable.
Movie (QT 110 KB) Scene (C4D 52 KB)

Smoothing the output of the sound node

This example shows how to smooth the output of the soundnode so you can use it to animate objects like loudspeaker cones.
Movie (QT 1.8 MB w sound) Scenefile (C4D 297 KB)

Extendable hydraulic arm

This example shows how to create a hydraulic and control it with a target object.
Movie (QT 160 KB) Scene (C4D 113 KB)

Aligning an object to a polygon

This example shows how to place an object on a polygon and align it to the polygons normal. Change the Polygon Index property of the XPresso node to see the effect.
Scene (C4D 35 KB)


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