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drTrail 0.1.0 (maya script)

Creates a polygonal motion trail

License Type:

Freeware

File ID:

3771

File Size:

2.4 KB

Created / Updated:

Nov 24, 2005 / Dec 02, 2005

Owner:

danyrey

Platforms:

irix, linux, mac, windows

Downloaded:

3,032

Maya:

6.x, 7.x

Tags:

Command:
drTrail

Description:
drTrail creates a polygonal motion trail object.

drTrail creates four objects:

pTrail - this is the polygon object representing the trail
grpTrail - this is the main locator, it has an attribute called "Trail Length" which specifies the length of the trail
lcTrail and lcTrail1 - the direct line between theese two locators is, where the trail origin is.

How to use:
Attach the main locator to an animated object (parenting or with constraints) and you are done.

Set keyframes on the polygon object(pTrail) for extra effects like wind or gravity.

Limitations:

The trail need some preroll to render correctly. E.g. if the trail length is 10 you need 10 frames preroll, so the trail has its initial position.
Has not been tested yet with distributed rendering.

Known Bugs:
Not a bug exactly: quick motions or some viewing angles, especially when the trail has transparency, can produce render artifacts. Quick workaround is to convert the pTrail object to SubDiv (Proxy object).

Bonus:
There is a example shader for pTrail within the zip file!

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