Object Node Refresh
Xpresso, Tips & Tricks – by: base80
December 1st, 2006
This is a tip to avoid a lot of frustration when using an Object Node.
The problem with this node is that it doesn’t always reflect the expected ports.
Xpresso, Tips & Tricks – by: base80
December 1st, 2006
This is a tip to avoid a lot of frustration when using an Object Node.
The problem with this node is that it doesn’t always reflect the expected ports.
Xpresso – by: base80
January 19th, 2006
This is a cheap trick to do banking. It is very useful for animating bikes or airplanes.
Here is the image of what you can get in 2 minutes of xpresso.
Xpresso – by: base80
January 6th, 2006
OK I had you going with the previous Tutorial.
It is the mathematically correct formula to make a wheel spin. But it can be simplified.
As you can see in the Tut I use Pi twice, one to multiply and once to divide with, and that is useless.
Xpresso – by: base80
January 5th, 2006
How to make a wheel rotate on a spline in 7 steps. (please read the 2nd Tut it is way easier)
This is the formula: 2Pi * (Length of spline / distance on spline) / circumference of wheel(2Pi*r) = rotation(in radians)
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February 1st, 2006
Have you ever wondered how to make blinking lights. Or blinking anything for that matter.
Join me for a super fast tutorial.
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February 18th, 2006
A frequent question on the C4D boards around the world is: “How do I animate a Locomotive Piston?”
At first glance it seems to be some sort of target thing, but unfortunately it is more complex.
We need some math here.
Remember the Pythagorean theorem? AAAAARGH!
Xpresso, Formula – by: base80
February 19th, 2006
Micro Tutorial about manipulating text.
This is the tip of the iceberg of text manipulation.
I’ll just show the bare basic manipulation, adding text strings together.
What I do is add This Cube is (size of cube) Cubic Cm.
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February 19th, 2006
Don’t try this at home.
This is a dirty trick to fool xpresso.
Xpresso, Tips & Tricks – by: base80
February 20th, 2006
Ever wanted to make measures in your model as to show the size of things. Here is a tut that explains how to do this.
It will display a distance between two given points.
Xpresso – by: base80
March 13th, 2006
Well here is a mini tutorial about a major node, the Mono-Flop.
In plain English Mono-Flop means Timer, it is a timer node.
The term mono-flop comes from the worlds of electronics and is there to intimidate you.
Well because it is a timer I’ll show the most common use of a timer and that is the light in the hallway.
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