For anyone who’s working through this technique - it’s actually better to attach the Constant MAT directly to the Geo COMP’s Material Parameter instead of using a Material SOP. SOPs are CPU-based and COMPs work with the GPU - you’ll have better performance when doing calculations on the GPU. It’s considered a best practice to apply materials via the Geo COMP. In the case of this network it might not make that much of a difference in terms of performance, but for those just building the network for the first time, I’d recommend making this small change. Let me know if you have any questions!
Very nice! Thank you very much Jack! Could you share with us also the alternative network that you made to achieve the Spirograph without using the code? I ask this because some Spirograph use little ellipses inside the big circle instead of another circle. To achieve this through coding it would require finding the alternative mathematical formula but perhaps through TOPs you could easily substitute the geometry rolling inside? Thank you again and keep it up with your amazing tutorials! :)
Hi Riccardo, Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoy the tutorials. This actually sounds like a great opportunity for a video that goes over the CHOP network and the possibilities that are opened up via using CHOPs. I should have it posted in the next few days. Stay tuned!
Just wanted to give you a heads up that the video covering the Spirograph technique using CHOPs has been posted! ruclips.net/video/CsB95fy4Kf8/видео.html
For anyone who’s working through this technique - it’s actually better to attach the Constant MAT directly to the Geo COMP’s Material Parameter instead of using a Material SOP. SOPs are CPU-based and COMPs work with the GPU - you’ll have better performance when doing calculations on the GPU. It’s considered a best practice to apply materials via the Geo COMP.
In the case of this network it might not make that much of a difference in terms of performance, but for those just building the network for the first time, I’d recommend making this small change. Let me know if you have any questions!
Another great tutorial! Very happy with the results and versatility of the program
Appreciate this tutorial. I am trying to reproduce some of the patterns shown in the movie Vertigo. Thank you!
Very nice! Thank you very much Jack!
Could you share with us also the alternative network that you made to achieve the Spirograph without using the code? I ask this because some Spirograph use little ellipses inside the big circle instead of another circle. To achieve this through coding it would require finding the alternative mathematical formula but perhaps through TOPs you could easily substitute the geometry rolling inside?
Thank you again and keep it up with your amazing tutorials! :)
Hi Riccardo,
Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoy the tutorials. This actually sounds like a great opportunity for a video that goes over the CHOP network and the possibilities that are opened up via using CHOPs. I should have it posted in the next few days. Stay tuned!
Just wanted to give you a heads up that the video covering the Spirograph technique using CHOPs has been posted! ruclips.net/video/CsB95fy4Kf8/видео.html