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Author Topic: Script to Generate Snail Shells  (Read 23014 times)

NickE

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Script to Generate Snail Shells
« on: June 11, 2008, 06:56:57 pm »
Back when I was going to enter the "Need for Speed" competition over on Animanon, I adapted Steve's spring script to produce pretty realistic snail shells.  Unfortunately, I ran out of time for the competition.  Here is a short clip starring a shell.

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Attached is the script, a sample render of two types of shells, and the parameters needed to reproduce those shells.  To produce the renders, I converted the parametric shape to a mesh, deleted the cap face, used the shell function to add thickness, and textured.
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lynn22

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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 04:18:16 am »
The shells look lovely, thank you for letting us have this script.
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 05:01:17 am »
That is a magnificent script!  I replaced my other spring script with it as it's capable of doing both springs and snail shells and more!
Magnificent job once again.
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 05:02:35 am »
another great script .....based on spring script I notice ?
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 06:25:25 am »
haven't got time to play with this right now, but i'm going to have to have a go soon.  this looks brilliant!

- colclough
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2008, 02:33:36 am »
Cool script, NickE!  Is it OK if I post this in the scripts download page?
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2008, 11:33:16 am »
I would be honored, but the honor is really yours, Steve, since all I did was slightly modify your spring script.
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2008, 03:11:02 pm »
I m using 97.b and I cant get anim8or to load this script my other scripts are loading fine though.
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2008, 01:18:55 am »
csf: Have you put the script in the same directory as the others?  Enable the Script Console (in the File->Configure menu) and see if there are any errors reported when it tries to load it.  You'll have to exit Anim8ot and restart it to get the script loaded.\

NickE: Can you give me some good preset values for your script to make a snail like in your picture?  I want to change the defult values in the script so that it makes a good snail by default.  It's a little tricky to set everything just right.
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2008, 02:37:31 am »
Steve,
The initial post of this thread has two screen shots of the parameters used to create the shells shown in the render.  Did you want something different for the preset?
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2008, 02:39:20 am »
Yep its in the same directory as the rest of the scripts (which are working) I enabled the Script Console and it does not load it up during start up. if I load it from load script it would compile with no error.

After some experimenting I realized the file was . A8S instead of .a8s once I fixed that it now works (not sure where the caps came from).
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2008, 10:07:25 pm »
OKay... could someone please tell me how to use scripts? cuz I have like no idea!
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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2008, 02:47:37 am »
Parametric scripts are the ones that appear on your GUI as little icons .

You need to make a folder on your compter like scripts  or (plugins) then put all your downloaded scripts into that folder.

Now you must load up anim8or and go file/configure

when the configuration editor appears you will see a box for scripts , just browse to the  folder that you have made, then make sure preload scripts is ticked.

Some scripts are not parametric and run from the menu Scripts.



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Re: Script to Generate Snail Shells
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2008, 02:24:46 pm »
oookay... I will try that
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