Re: rubik's cube

["Patrick Nethercoat" <patrick(at)brandtanim.co.uk>]

I can't try anything out right now, but what about having 6 control objects, 
one placed just outside each face that checks for the 9 closest cubes to 
itself, and transforms them round its own local axis.
I'm not so experienced with scops. Could this be doable?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Seeley" <Adam.Seeley(at)primefocusworld.com>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:37 PM
Subject: RE: rubik's cube


> How about
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Oz Adi
> > Sent: 31 October 2007 13:35
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: Re: rubik's cube
> >
> > thanks guys, for the info.
> >
> > I've already tried the freeze transforms idea, and it does
> > work, the only thing that bothers me is, when the client want
> > to change some animation, it should be a nightmare (I need to
> > do a 25-30 sec one shot animation)
> >
> > To try and improve this method,
> > I am thinking of having a square curve near each of the
> > cube's side, and  a ppg with 6 boolean switches, each switch
> > for each sqaure curve, as the animator, it's my
> > responsibility to make sure, only one switch can be on in a
> > given time.
> > Then have a scop on each little cube, to check which switch
> > in on, and rotate with it's corresponding square curve this
> > is of course, some kind of a "simulation", meaning I cannot
> > scrub the timeline, because the little cubes has no keyframes.
> > image: http://www.ozadi.com/pix/rubiks.jpg
> > but maybe after the animation is approved I can plot their transfomrs.
> >
> > what do you think?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Laffey wrote:
> > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, kim aldis wrote:
> > >
> > >> You can pull them apart easily enough if you want to see how they
> > >> work. Peel the colours off and you'll see the screws that hold it
> > >> together.
> > >
> > >
> > > No need to remove screws to take the Rubik's apart. Just
> > turn one side
> > > 45 degrees, and then either stick a flathead screwdriver, or your
> > > thumb under the middle cube of the row and lift.
> > >
> > >
> > > I am sure there is Google/YouTube reference for this.
> > >
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