Animating along Paths with SOPs

Hello,

I’d like to animate objects along paths using SOPs and not Geo COMPs, since I’m feeding SOPs into a Scan CHOP and later to the etherdream CHOP.

I tried using the Object merge SOP (to bring the animated geoCOMP back to a SOP) but it only grabs the transformation parameters and not the path animation data…

Any ideas?

Thanks!

It’s a bit of a hack, but you can always use a Null COMP that’s animated along a path, extract the position data with an Object CHOP, and then apply this to your SOP with a transform.

A bit ugly, but it does allow you to both use path as a concept, and transform a SOP.
base_sop_along_path.tox (982 Bytes)

Maybe a cleaner approach would be to convert your path geometry to a CHOP, then use a lookup chop to find position before applying this to your transform SOP.
base_sop_path_by_look_up.tox (894 Bytes)

Those are two rough ideas.

Thanks Mathew!

Best,

Ana

Hello,

I am trying to orientate my Geo animation towards the direction of my path.
I am trying to do it with the Object chop but I am missing something here…
follow_orientation_To_path_1.tox (3.33 KB)

Maotik, does this work?
follow_orientation_To_path_3.tox (3.69 KB)

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