3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hello; Is there a way to determine "when" a second level starts on a branch? Right now I have to make branches longer for 2nd level to start branching, but i need it to happen sooner then it does at the moment. For example: i need 2nd level branching after 15cms of branch, now it's doing it on 50+ cm branch regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hello 3dboomerang, You can create an Affect from the "Parameter: Level" on Start position for its branches. See my example: Affect_from_Levels_1.max As an easier way, just copy your branches, and change its settings. Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 hey I got that far actualy, thanks, i was worried i chose the wrong one because i seem to be unable to understand that pop up box in that box: When i select the start position, It does what you said, the branches start "2nd-levelling" sooner However, to further control this feature with the parameters supplied, I'm getting lost... Im entering random values between 0 and 10 in all the boxes to see if anything changes, but the only thing that changes something is the "Random Time" box when going from 0 to 1. other then that i can enter values from 0 to 100000+ they don't seem to be doing anything in the viewport (i checked if manual update is off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 here's the file if wanted: i'm gessing it's a stupid fix but i've only been dangling with this fantastic soft for a few days... learning curve is really fast, is amazing, and fun. tmp.max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 If you want to affect on any parameter like "Start position", you must specify a value for this parameter is not equal to zero, otherwise there will be no effect. I'm a little improved your tree, take a look here: tmp_1.max Tmp_1.gfx Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 amazing lol thank you (we're buying the software btw, just waiting for approval from financial dep) cheers man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'll be glad to see you among our customers Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I understand now. So but as I'm trying to adjust the starting point of the second level of branches the first level will change starting position as well. So if I want only the second level of branches to change position I basicly need to make a new path I was trying to not do this since the demo only has 5 paths to create cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 As I've shown in my first example, I've affected on the "Start position", and I configured the graph so that the first level of branches obtained a zero value. See my screenshot: Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 yeah i get the same thing when i use only 2 paths, i'm trying it on a 3rd one, there's something i'm missing... i'll look more into it tomorrow.. awesome feedback though. will browse some tutorials as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 yeah i get the same thing when i use only 2 paths, i'm trying it on a 3rd one, there's something i'm missing... i'll look more into it tomorrow.. What behavior you want to get for the 3rd level? For example: The 1st level starts from 0, the 2nd level starts from 15cm, the 3rd level also starts from 15cm. In this case, you just specify a Levels value = 3. Affect_from_Levels_2.max Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dboomerang Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm going to dig into the 2 files and the modified tree you sent back earlier first. I can probably understand what I'm doing wrong from those files. If I still don't understand after that I'll get back to you. What I meant earlier was that when I do exacly what I see you do, I get the same results, but when doing it on a 3rd rank branch it doesn't work and i'm sure there's a reason, so i need to dig some more into the tree you modified cause it worked on that one.. so trunk (level 1) > branch (level 1) > branch (level 1 + level 2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncht Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Hi 3D, were you able to sort this out already? It would also be nice if you can post a preview at Gallery section. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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