Points & Referenced Points in 0.6.0012 Beta

I just tried to create a closed polyline from one referenced point and three moved copies of that point, but got the runtime warning, "Insufficient points for a polyline." The polyline component resulted in two values: Null, and a closed polyline excluding the referenced point. It seems like this new beta doesn't want to make a polyline from a combination of referenced and native points. Any thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on May 18, 2009 at 1:30am

That's because the points are stored in two different paths, one for the referenced point and another for the moved points. The polyline component will try to create a new polyline for every path. Use the param viewer located under params -> special to see the path structure of a list. If you want to combine the two paths into one, right click on the polyline's points input and select 'flatten'.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 18, 2009 at 2:53am

Vicente is probably right, but this should only happen if your motion vectors have a path which is more complicated than {0}.

Is this true? Can you post a minimal image of your definition with a Param Viewer object attached to every output parameter?

Permalink Reply by John Dolci on May 18, 2009 at 3:43pm

Flattening did the trick. Thanks again.

@David, unless there is a free way to get a screenshot (without pasting into photoshop) I can't get one up here right now. Working on getting photoshop for my pc side.

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on May 18, 2009 at 3:50pm

You can use MS Paint. I'd argue it's even better than photoshop for posting screenshots since it loads faster.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 19, 2009 at 6:26am

Fair enough, I'll add an export option for making screenshots of the canvas without the need for pixel editors.

Permalink Reply by John Dolci on May 19, 2009 at 7:17am

Excellent. I have Paint working for the meantime.

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