[Bf-committers] Fully qualified names for channels in actions?

[Tobias Oelgarte]

I guess you still did not quite understand me. Thats why i uploaded a 
little example [1]. In this scene you have three objects. Every object 
has it's own action and it works well. But for some animations it could 
be very useful to store that animation of all three objects in one 
action. Otherwise you will need 3 actions for 3 objects and that also 
inside the NLA. Combining the three actions seams to be is impossible.

Would be nice that someone could use one action for multiple objects 
without the need of an armature, like in the second example [2], but 
without an armature.

[1] http://www.pasteall.org/blend/8893
[2] http://www.pasteall.org/blend/8894

Am 19.09.2011 21:28, schrieb Jarred de Beer:
> Perhaps it's not the most 'convenient' solution, but something you can do is
> key the 'Delta Location' transform (find it in the objects panel).  It seems
> to be like a layer on top of the 'Transform' data.  You can then place them
> anywhere in world space and they'll move relative to that point.
>
> Hope it might help,
> Jarred
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Tobias Oelgarte<
> tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Thats not what i meant. I try to imagine a simple solution to animate
>> multiple objects independently, while the location for each object will
>> be stored inside the same action. This could be much easier as to parent
>> the objects to the bones of an armature or to use the NLA with one
>> action per object layered on top of each other.
>>
>> Bones have their own names and own channels inside an action. Real
>> objects do only share the same channel, which does not allow for
>> multiple objects inside one action.
>>
>> Am 19.09.2011 19:11, schrieb Tom Edwards:
>>> You can add a constraint that forces one object to move with the other.
>>>
>>> On 19/09/2011 6:06, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
>>>> I just stumbled upon a simple task. I have two objects (a sphere and a
>>>> cube for example) and i wanted to control their locations with _one_
>>>> action. That simply isn't possible with one action alone, since both
>>>> objects will share the location-channel (sitting on top of each other).
>>>> Is there a way to store the location of two objects in one action or
>>>> will i have to combine both actions with the NLA or the need to parent
>>>> both to the bones of an armature?
>>>>
>>>> If it isn't possible, wouldn't it not make sense to (optionally) use
>>>> something like fully qualified names in a way, that both locations could
>>>> be stored inside the same action? I may be wrong, but i would find it
>>>> useful for this properties.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings from
>>>> Tobias Oelgarte
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