[Sidefx-houdini-list] Row of books, procedurally
Dan Seddon
dan.seddon at framestore-cfc.com
Wed Feb 8 16:14:34 EST 2006
I should have mentioned that was using a Copy Sop and assuming your box
was unit centred at (0,0.5,0). The pivot in your copy always wants to be
the same as bottom of your box/book.
Ta
Dan
> Hello,
> Here's a challenge, that my little brain can't deal with. I want
> to create a row of books, with random widths, but they are all
> "touching" each other. I'm sure, sure, sure there is a straightforward
> way to do this with the Copy SOP, but I can't get it.
> Basically, if I have a Box SOP representing a single book, Y and Z
> scale unimportant, but X is 1 unit wide, I want to copy that book in
> X, having each copy be a random size in X (but greater or equal to 1),
> and each copy transformed in X so it sits nicely with no gap next to
> the previous book.
> I've tried using no template input on the Copy SOP, just using
> expressions in Transform and Scale, or stamping values into a
> Transform SOP above. I'm sure this can be done, but I can't get it.
> I've also tried taking a single point, and copying it, stamping an
> attribute that holds the value used to transform it, then stamping a
> scale into the Box SOP that way. Again, can't get it.
> Any help appreciated :) I look forward to multiple ways to
> accomplish it :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter B
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