topic Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors in Visualization

Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:23:52 GMT

I'm in the process of creating a fly through. As it stands now i am going through several doors. Is there a way for the doors to open as the fly through approaches or have them opened the whole time?

Thanks.
oha

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Dwight — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:29:14 GMT

Standard library objects do not do this, but certain aftermarket objects can be animated.

If you have any facility with GDL, it is easy enough to relates the door opening angle to a specific frame in the animation.

Some door objects allow for a fixed open angle.

However, and i wouldn't want to teach my grandma how to prepare eggs, but your animation will have a better effect if you use a crossfade transition as you approach a closed door - this speeds the animation and removes non-essentials from the presentation. You do need editing software to achieve this effect.

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:38:59 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Standard library objects do not do this, but certain aftermarket objects can be animated.

Door and Window Builder doors, for example.

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Dwight — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:47:40 GMT

Yes! I found it. But it remains a cheezy effect.

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:56:12 GMT

Here is a thread in which I wrote down how to do it in you existing objects if you are familiar with GDL:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=2751

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Dwight — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:00:38 GMT

Does this code remove the cheese from the opening effect?

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:37:51 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Does this code remove the cheese from the opening effect?

I don't get the question.
I hope it is a joke and it is only my insufficient English that prevents from getting it.

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Dwight — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:42:35 GMT

I think the opening door effect is cheezy

But, I am a bore when it comes to complaining about how bad animation/flythrus/whatever are at telling the story of a building and that users would be better off focusing on a few full-screen crossfaded still images of high quality, cleverly placed captions and some judicious Ken Burns effect in their multi-media presentations.

Re: Animating Objects - Specifically Doors

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:44:54 GMT

Dwight wrote:
I think the opening door effect is cheezy

But, I am a bore when it comes to complaining about how bad animation/flythrus/whatever are at telling the story of a building and that users would be better off focusing on a few full-screen crossfaded still images of high quality, cleverly placed captions and some judicious Ken Burns effect in their multi-media presentations.

OK, I got it. So in that case, the answer to your previous question is: it does not remove the cheese, it puts it there.