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Xpresso: How to iterate through an objects points and assign a Null’s position
New to Xpresso and trying to figure out how I could rig it up so that if I have a shape with say, 6 points, and I want to iterate through those points while simultaneously iterating through a list of nulls (one null per point), and update the position of each point based on the position of the corresponding null.
My first thought was to have a hierarchy node call the nulls but there’s no way to explicitly call a null based on it’s number in the list. ie) My iterator node goes through each point in the shape based on its index number, but as far as I can tell there’s no way to use that same information to call the corresponding null. But I know there has to be a way!! Thanks
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what kind of motion are your Nulls going to be going through? Are you animating them by hand?
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Here’s a basic setup using the Hierarchy Node: 6145_iterationnulls2pointpos.c4d.zip
EDIT: oops — just noticed that I had two object index nodes in that setup, whereas you only need one. Just delete one and reconnect the wires.
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Very nice, Object Index seems to be a bit of a life saver. Too bad its not in the Iterator group where it belongs!
Thanks again
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