[Rob Mcdougall]

Working on this a little more, I figure out how to draw a path using expressions only, but I can’t figure out a way of rounding the corners. I can add a tangent but that’s not right… Does anyone know how to add rounded corners as an expression?

[Rob Mcdougall]

Gents,

I am most appreciative!

Unfortunately, index-1 holds no sway on shape layers, but propertyIndex (3) got me there. I’d gone right round the houses with this. I’ll have to do some further reading!

[Rob Mcdougall]

If I could impose on your for one more thing…

I want to paste this across multiple object, so I’d like the position property I’m referencing to be relative to the shape it’s contained within – like using index-1 to address the layer above on a regular layer.

However, I can’t figure out how to use propertyGroup to address this. I’m trying

p=thisProperty.propertyGroup(3).content("Rectangle Path 1").position;

to no avail. Do you know what I’m doing wrong here?

[Rob Mcdougall]

Got it – thanks both. I had a bit of a misunderstanding regarding the control parameter – I thought I should be pointing it at at the keyframe source, but of course I’m doing that with t1 and t2.

Thanks!

[Rob Mcdougall]

Very handy! Thank you.

[Rob Mcdougall]

Thanks Scott.

I had no trouble coming up with the if statement, but the challenge for me is how to address the source text…

If sourcetext >0? I can’t figure out the syntax to either a) address the Essential Graphics text coming in or b) assuming the source text is set by essential graphics, how to have an if statement act on a lack of source text.

[Rob Mcdougall]

moreover, it would be great to be able to “get” the input from the essential graphics panel and IF the second line is empty, to resize the box to fit only one line…

[Rob Mcdougall]

This could be a frame rate mismatch. Check your project settings and render settings in C4D match you frame rate in AFX.

[Rob Mcdougall]

Thank you Michael, very helpful. I know these are basics, but that’s where I’m at, I think!

[Rob Mcdougall]

Hello all,

I’m wanting to control a colour scheme using a slider.

So, if slider = 1

circle = red

square = green

triangle = blue

when the slider value increased to 2 each fill layer would move on to the next object…

circle = blue

square = red

triangle = green

So, I understand that I need to make a range of colour controls, then I want to store them in a list. What I don’t understand is how to chose a specific colour (or member of the index) based on the slider value. Any suggestions?