Re: [Plib-users] Animation system

[Martin H. <how...@os...>]

I have interest in a similar package: I use Plib to produce animated mockups
of displays and systems not yet in use.  A storyboard addition to Plib would
be VERY welcome!

M.

Paolo Leoncini jotted down the following:

> Dear Plib friends,
> 
> My group at work is in the process to produce a computer animation of a
> space vehicle's typical mission. Afterwards, since of the perspective need
> to link the vehicle path to a dynamics simulator, we are evaluating the
> opportunity to employ a 3D engine/scene graph like Plib instead of a
> rendering system like 3DSMax or Softimage. Whilst a modelling phase is still
> needed in those tools, the actual rendering would occur in real-time, thus
> offering the ability to expose "plugs" for controlling objects' motion
> during the simulation-animation.
> 
> We have realized that what is needed for accomplish this task by relying on
> the Plib is a layer that could actually maps a storyboard-like direction
> directives, coded in some script language or in some exotic format, into the
> dynamic manipulation of the scenegraph and node properties as time passes.
> 
> The question for which I'm asking your valuable suggestions are:
> 
> - has anyone ever tought on the same topic wrt Plib?
> 
> - is there anywhere work on animation direction (an "exotic format") which
> inspire to? (assuming to take the burden to write the described mapping
> layer)
> 
> - has anyone interfaced a scripting language (e.g. Tcl) to Plib (SSG in
> particular)?
> 
> I don't want to overload this communication, yet should someone want to go
> deeper on the kind of directives I'm referring to, I'll be willing to share
> my few toughts about it.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance -
> 
> Paolo
> 
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