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  • Aligning shapes to follow a path with Thinking Particles

    Posted by Ron Moore on October 13, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    I’m trying to demonstrate gas flow direction through a pump with arrow shapes animated using Thinking Particles but haven’t figured out how to keep the point of the arrows locked onto the path while they’re being emitted. Do I need another TP preset?

    Ron Moore replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Brian Jones

    October 14, 2009 at 12:11 am

    add a “TP Align with banking” from the Content Browser.

  • Ron Moore

    October 14, 2009 at 2:37 am

    Thanks for the tip, but I haven’t figured out between which nodes it should be placed, either in the offset vector, range mapper, or TP Move on Spline sections, or for that matter which nodes to create inside the TP Align with Banking box. I’m new to Thinking Particles and still trying to get my bearings.

  • Brian Jones

    October 14, 2009 at 2:56 am

    I was thinking in terms of the presets in the Content Browser not trying to write a new banking routine. Check this simple example out

  • Ron Moore

    October 14, 2009 at 3:40 am

    That’s exactly what I’m after! Thanks for the help. That tip alone will enable me to bring this project in on time. I really need to devote more time to mastering Thinking Particles.

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