Duplicate Script

[jenn7]

hopefully someone can help with a script im trying to do..

i need to keep duplicating the cube that moves. so it continues say 100 times.

heres what im using for it to run once. i need 'Myobject2' to duplicate then move $rand, the result to duplicate then move $rand... kind of appearing to grow.. thanks.

for($i=0; $i<2; $i++){
$name = "MyObject" + $i;
polyCube -ch on -o on -w 4 -h 46 -d 1 -cuv 4 -n $name ;
move -2 -23 0.5 .scalePivot .rotatePivot ;
move -r 2 23 0 ;

   $rand = rand(1,56); 
   $randX=rand(-4,4);
   $randY=rand(-45,45);
   $randZ=rand(-56,56);
   move -r $randX $randY $randZ $name ;

    setKeyframe -t 1 -v 0 -at visibility $name ;
    setKeyframe -t 10 -v 1 -at visibility $name ;
setKeyframe -t 20 -v 1 -at scaleZ $name ;
setKeyframe -t 30 -v $rand -at scaleZ $name ;

}

[molemansd7]

This will give you the blocks built in place...

CODE
polyCube;
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
{
$randx = `rand 0 1`;
$randy = `rand 0 1`;
$randz = `rand 0 1`;
$growersName = `ls -sl`;
duplicate $growersName;
move -r $randx $randy $randz;
}

Is that what you're looking for?

[molemansd7]

Or, if you need to see the things being created, make a cube or some object, go into its translate X channel in the channel editor, right click over it, and go to expressions..., and type in this expression:

CODE
if (1 <= time < 100)
{
$randx = `rand 0 1`;
$randy = `rand 0 1`;
$randz = `rand 0 1`;
$growersName = `ls -sl`;
duplicate $growersName;
move -r $randx $randy $randz;
}

I just wouldn't put the expression in until the cube is actually animated, then you can tweak the behavior. However, if you scrub in the timeline, it'll just keep making cubes... to make it stop, go into the Outliner, in the Display Menu, uncheck DAG nodes only, and look through the list for your expression and delete it. Or you can name the expression something and then just run "delete yourexpressionsname" in the command line.

[jenn7]

thanks guys, thats exactly what i need.

i dont understadnt the expression bit though as im relatively new to mel.

i need (or the equivalent of) cube 1 created at frame 0, cube 2 at frame 5, cube 3 at frame 10, etc, etc

is expressions that only way to make this happen?

thanks a heap!

[jenn7]

ok heres my final script.. it works fine except i need each cube to duplicate 2 frames apart and also boolean 2 frames apart.

how?

thnks

polyCube -ch on -o on -w 4 -h 46 -d 1 -cuv 4 -n FoneWone ;
move -2 -23 0.5 .scalePivot .rotatePivot ;
move -r 2 23 0 ;

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
{

$randx = rand -4 4;
$randy = rand -45 45;
$randz = rand -56 56;
$Name = ls -sl;
duplicate $Name;
move -r $randx $randy $randz;

    setKeyframe -t 1 -v 0 -at visibility $Name ;
    setKeyframe -t 10 -v 1 -at visibility $Name ;
setKeyframe -t 20 -v 1 -at scaleZ $Name ;
setKeyframe -t 30 -v 56 -at scaleZ $Name ;

}

polyBoolOp -op 1 -ch 0 -n Myresult1 FoneWone FoneWone1;

for($next=2; $next <100; $next++){
$obj_next = "FoneWone" + $next;
$previous = $next -1;
$obj_previous = "Myresult" + $previous;
$result = "Myresult" + $next;
polyBoolOp -op 1 -ch 0 -n $result $obj_previous $obj_next;

}