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Programmed Animation in Sketchup

Programmed Animation in Sketchup. A free plugin for object animation. In this folder http://www.cs.ucc.ie/j.bowen/cs2508/widgets/mover you will find a file called mover.rb and a folder called mover_extensions

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Programmed Animation in Sketchup

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  1. Programmed Animation in Sketchup

  2. A free plugin for object animation • In this folder http://www.cs.ucc.ie/j.bowen/cs2508/widgets/mover you will find a file called mover.rb and a folder called mover_extensions • This plugin, mover.rb, is free and comes fromhttp://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17459 • Copy the file and folder for the plugin into your Sketchup plugins folder • I have copied them into mine and you will see the functionality of the plugin on the next few slides • It produces object animation • but the animation cannot be exported

  3. A plugin for object animation • A Sketchup document with several objects

  4. A plugin for object animation • Let's select the small box for animation

  5. A plugin for object animation • Make it into a group

  6. A plugin for object animation • Open the scenes window

  7. A plugin for object animation • Create Scene 1

  8. A plugin for object animation • Tell the mover.rb plugin to remember position of selection

  9. A plugin for object animation • Update Scene 1

  10. A plugin for object animation • Create Scene 2

  11. A plugin for object animation • Move the small box to its position for Scene 2

  12. A plugin for object animation Tell the mover.rb plugin to remember position of selection for Scene 2

  13. A plugin for object animation Update Scene 2

  14. A plugin for object animation Create Scene 3

  15. A plugin for object animation Choose camera position and box position for Scene 3

  16. A plugin for object animation Remember box position for Scene 3

  17. A plugin for object animation Update Scene 3

  18. A plugin for object animation Create Scene 4 and set up camera and box positions

  19. A plugin for object animation Remember box position for Scene 4

  20. A plugin for object animation Update Scene 4

  21. A plugin for object animation Choose timing settings for animation

  22. A plugin for object animation Choose timing settings for animation

  23. A plugin for object animation Play the animation

  24. A plugin for object animation Export the animation ...

  25. A plugin for object animation ... as a QuickTime movie

  26. A plugin for object animation • I have saved the Sketchup file • It is here http://www.cs.ucc.ie/j.bowen/cs2508/widgets/animationWithMoverPlugin.skp • Load it into Sketchup and you will see that the animation works • But, when you export a QuickTime movie, you will see that the object does not move

  27. A commercial plugin for object animation

  28. A commercial plugin for object animation • SU Animate is a commercial plugin for object animation • It is available here http://www.ohyeahcad.com/suanimate/ and costs $79 • However, it is possible to download an evaluation copy for free • this has a life-span of 10 days • SU Animate appears to offer some attractive functionality • see this demonstration video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy8Drf-KL8 • SU Animate appears to function in a way which automates the manual animation process we saw earlier • it generates scenes by using layers • Animations produced by SU Animate can be exported as movies • However, some users have reported that SU Animate is unstable and frequently causes Sketchup to crash • this has been my experience too

  29. A commercial plugin for object animation • I have saved the Sketchup file • It is here http://www.cs.ucc.ie/j.bowen/cs2508/widgets/animationWithMoverPlugin.skp • Load it into Sketchup and you will see that the animation works • But, when you export a QuickTime movie, you will see that the object does not move

  30. Exercise • Tackle Exercise 35

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