Hi List,
I also posted this on XSIBase but seeing as this mailing list is
probably the best place to get answers to technical questions, here
goes:
I'm in the process of creating several bookshelves filled with books.
I
have created one book which I'm going to duplicate off many times.
Basically, I've parented that one book to a null and I'm using the null
to scale the book up and down. This way I can lateron randomize the
sizes of all my books very easily.
Now, what I'd like to do is for XSI to align my books automatically
next to each other.
Here's my basic setup:
BookP1 (Null) -> Scale X = 5 -- Scale Y = 25 -- Scale Z = 15
Child: Book1 (which is the actual book)
To test things out I have duplicated the hierarchy to create BookP2 and
its child Book2
I have set this _expression_ on BookP2's local position X:
Valid _expression_ : BookP2.kine.local.posx =
BookP1.kine.local.posx+BookP1.kine.local.sclx
This works very well. If I scale BookP1 up in X, the second book gets
aligned automatically.
Now my question: how can I generalize this _expression_ so that it'll be
valid for all books once I've mass duplicated them?
I'm not into scripting or anything, so this may seem like a piece of
cake to you
Thanks,
Chris
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