You should be able to just animated / key the active/passive state of each object.
a simple randomize or even key directly script would do that hth -=s On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Nick Scholtes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been trying to get assistance from a number of places with this, > but no luck. I'm working with someone on this and we REALLY need to get > this figured out. We can pay a small fee for help. I'm working w/ another > artist on this. Here's lowdown: > > I'm trying to animate 5 rigid bodies that appear and interact/collide at > different intervals. I'm working with someone on this, trying to help them > and I've suggested animating the rigid bodies on/off, collision layers and > a few other options. But it needs to be done w/ python. How would I do > this? Here's some more info, from the artist: > *I am able to have bodies fall and make contact with other bodies. That > is working well. What I haven’t been able to do is sequence the falling > bodies to start at different times. Either by starting a dynamics run, stop > it, add another rigid body and start it again or by placing all the bodies > and holding them in place until I need them during the run.* > "I need to create a simple script to drop a ball on a flat plate and then > drop another ball on to the same flat plate 1 second later. But I need to > keyframe the transparency, Rigid Body Active on/off, Collision Layers, and > several other Channel Box parameters. One ball falls, then later the second > one appears, and falls. Eventually there would be 5 objects doing this, and > selectively interact only certain objects." > > They need to do this with 1000 objects so they will need to script it. ANY > help to just get started with the first couple would be greatly appreciated! > > Again, we can pay. I'm not sure how much but I'm pretty sure this would be > quick work for someone versed in Python and Maya. > > Thanks, > Nick > > -- > My Photo Profile: > http://www.guru.com/freelancers/carbonorchards > <http://goog_1715856884> > > > -- > view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > change your subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe > -- [email protected] http://smannimation.blogspot.com/ http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/ http://smann3d.blogspot.com/ -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
