How to create a set change animation

[setdesigner]

Hello, I want to show simple set change animation, curtain fly up, drops fly down.

Doing some research it seams there were a plugin called AnimationWorks, but I cannot find it or any solution withing Vectorworks.

I have explored Vision xform route, Blender and Unreal, just wanted to have advice before settling the solution.

Thanks

[TomWhiteLight]

You could also use Twinmotion for this. Vision is ideal but you need to generate a dmx control signal.

[Pat Stanford]

To elaborate on Tom's comment. You can't do this inside VW. 

 

As far as I know Animationworks is no longer available.

 

If you need to animate a scene, you are going to have use an alternate program.  

 

Vision has a very close link to VW for updating when changes to the VW model are made, but you have to use DMX signals to control the operation as it is really designed for pre-visualization.

 

Twinmotion has the ability to animate also, but is less closely linked to VW and you will have to learn how to best export your model and update the export as things change.

[setdesigner]

Thanks for these infos, really appreciate. I don't mind using DMX with Vision, but I need to render reflections so I think Blender is the best approach for this project.

[mjm]

@setdesignerhey there; if you do create a workable animation in Blender, I'd love to hear your process, if you have time, energy, etc

[setdesigner]

I find that exporting a gLTF file works well in Blender.

[line-weight]

Is Blender in any way a useful application for making things like walkthroughs? As in, animate the viewpoint instead of the geometry.

 

The walkthrough tools in VW are virtually useless.

 

I know Twinmotion is the obvious option, but (a) it's not free and (b) I'm not really convinced that the VW <> TM direct link stuff is ever going to be properly maintained so if Blender is an alternative route maybe it would be worth me looking at it.

[setdesigner]

I have not explored walkthroughs animation in Vectorworks nor Blender

[mjm]

Super cool—just exported my first MVR file and happened to glance over at Activity Monitor, oh my! 

Long story short; amazingly, eventually the MVR export completed after the Memory went slightly north of 104GB, but Vectorworks froze.

Did not know the swap could go so high…

[mjm]

@setdesignerwhen you have a sec:  as far as I can make out, the MVR file format exported by VWX is supposed to be gLTF. However, Blaender does not see MVR as a valid filetype to import. How did you create your gLTF file in VWX?

 

thanks

[setdesigner]

Export gLTF was added in 2022, you might have to incorporate it to your workspace

[mjm]

11 minutes ago, setdesigner said:

Export gLTF was added in 2022, you might have to incorporate it to your workspace

@setdesignerthanks, appreciate that.

 

[mjm]

On 9/29/2022 at 11:39 AM, mjm said:

@setdesignerthanks, appreciate that.

 

Except I cannot seem to find that file export function:

Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. If anyone can point me in the correct direction I'd be grateful.

[TomWhiteLight]

So in the file export MVR dialogue you have the option to specify GLTF. It does not export a GLTF file format.

 

There are plenty of other formats for exporting 3d models that you should be able to open in blender.

 

 

[mjm]

14 hours ago, TomWhiteLight said:

So in the file export MVR dialogue you have the option to specify GLTF. It does not export a GLTF file format.

 

There are plenty of other formats for exporting 3d models that you should be able to open in blender.

 

 

@TomWhiteLightThanks man, much appreciated. I have been dabbling with FBX exports but am interested to see the diff with the GLTF file format.

[mjm]

16 hours ago, TomWhiteLight said:

So in the file export MVR dialogue you have the option to specify GLTF. It does not export a GLTF file format.

 

There are plenty of other formats for exporting 3d models that you should be able to open in blender.

 

 

@TomWhiteLightThanks again Tom, but couple questions:

• Did not find an option in the MVR export pane showing an option to specify GLTF. Perhaps I missed something.
• What do you mean by "It does not export a GLTF file format." This sentence is confusing following your prior sentence.
• If GLTF is not exportable from VWX, how does @setdesignerget VWX to output GLTF and thence into Blender I wonder?

thanks!

[setdesigner]

 Don't you have this accessible in the workspace editor ? 

 

 

 

 

And this in the plugin manager ?

 

[mjm]

11 hours ago, setdesigner said:

 Don't you have this accessible in the workspace editor ? 

 

 

 

 

And this in the plugin manager ?

 

@setdesignerNope.

But please, feel free to dm then to me! I am guessing that might be a non-USA plugin…

Edited October 11, 2022 by mjm

[jcogdell]

The export gLTF/glb command was added with 2022 sp3 as part of the updated MVR and GDTF support.

[mjm]

@setdesigner @jcogdell Thank you both. Yes, I finally found it under "All Menus", not under the "Import/Export".