spline control

Been trying to figure out how to control a polyspline in a more organic manner, but lacking the methods of how to do it in TD.

I would like this spline to wave like sea weeds, with more or less mass.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Also, is it possible to save a certain animation configuration and ease-in and out between the two?
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I wonder if the spring SOP would help you with that more then the spring CHOP. Add some external forces and keep some points at their base and this might work.

For blending between Animations we do have the Clip and Clipblender CHOPs in the TouchDesigner Pro license which can be used for that.
Otherwise also the Blend CHOP could be helpful.

Cheers
Markus
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Very interesting, thanks! Is there a way to specify which points are affected by the external forces? I see a parameter for fixing the point groups, which initially I thought would work the other way around, but by fixing the points they will then meet at origin…