• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  creating a CUBE in AE

  Posted by Tzur Livne on November 21, 2010 at 11:18 am

  hi
  i want to make a cube in AE from 6 solids. i can do it manually, but i want a perfect cube – the edges will “connect” with no gaps or overlaps.
  is there any expression that can utilize the solid size and reposition the other 5 solids accordingly so there is a perfect connection ?
  thanks,
  tzur.

  Tzur Livne

  Chris Wright replied 15 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  John Toi

  November 21, 2010 at 1:48 pm

  Step 1
  Create a square, (eg. 50*50)then make it 3d, offsetting the z anchor point by half the cube size (eg, 25)then duplicate it 5 times

  Step 2
  For the first,leave it as it is
  For the second, change the x orientation to 90
  For the third, change the x orientation to 270
  For the fourth, change the y orientation to 90
  For the fifth, change the y orientation to 270
  For the sixth, change the y orientation to 180

  Step 2 .Alt
  After step 1, make sure the 6 copies are on the top of the timeline, or simply precompose them. Then add the code to the orientation (havent tested the code, hope it works =P)

  if(index = 1)
value + [0,90,0];
else if(index = 2)
value + [0,270,0]
;
else if(index = 3)
value + [90,0,0]
;
else if(index = 4)
value + [270,0,0];

  ;
else if(index = 5)
value + [0,180,0]
;
else if(index = 6)
value
;
else value;
• 

  Dan Ebberts

  November 21, 2010 at 8:59 pm

  This might be helpful:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/809724

  Dan
• 

  Chris Wright

  November 22, 2010 at 6:22 am

  oh yea, aescripts has a ton of auto 3d shape makers for everything from tetrahedrons to cubes. really, really nice stuff there.

  https://technicolorsoftware.hostzi.com/

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