[Bf-funboard] Re: Jiri's Meta fun

[Jiri­ Hnidek]

Thanks. I have plan to implement mesh as "guide" for Metas in near time. 
It will be possible to extrude, subdivide, etc (I hope :-)). Be patient! :-)

Jiri Hnidek

William Reynish wrote:
> This sure looks nice. But can you extrude and
> subdivide mesh guides? I would want to build a
> character using this tube-follow-mesh system. So, can
> you have more than three points in a meta mesh guide?
> 
> 
>  --- car <trip@spymac.com> skrev: > SWEET! Please
> release patch as soon as you can as a
> 
>>text file. :D
>>
>>
>>>I'm really sorry, that I was so long out, but I
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>>had to do some exams in
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>>>school :-(
>>>
>>>I implemented MetaElem Triangle, which can be base
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>>for "mesh directing
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>>>structure" (directing structure in my devel
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>>version is not mesh! it is
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>>>my own directing structure). You can see some
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>>captured video of 
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>>>triangle
>>>MetaElem from my devel version:
>>>
>>>
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>>http://e-learning.vslib.cz/hnidek/anim/triangle.mpg
>>(1.6MB)
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>>http://e-learning.vslib.cz/hnidek/anim/triangle.avi
>>(0.6MB)
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>>>Captured video of sharing one MetaPoint between
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>>two MetaTubes:
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>>>	http://e-learning.vslib.cz/hnidek/share.avi
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>>(2.8MB)
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>>>Some picture from benchmark (AMD 800MHz, 256MB
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>>RAM):
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>>>	http://e-learning.vslib.cz/hnidek/triangles.jpeg
>>>
>>>My new proposal is to have only three base
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>>MetaElems:
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>>>  - Ball
>>>  - Tube
>>>  - Triangle
>>>
>>>"Mesh as directing structure"
>>>  advantages: RVK animation, "Armature animation",
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>>etc.
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>>>  disadvantages: ???
>>>  problems: ???
>>>
>>>TODO:
>>>  - remove nasty bumbs, when MetaMoint/MetaEdge is shared
>>>  - "mesh as directing structure" of
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>>MetaElems/Metaballs