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Path Follow - Pipe Radius - Fraine7 - 04-09-2019
When using the Path Follow operator, it would be great to have something like Phoenix FD's 'Pipe Radius' option to allow users to specify a radius around a path which the particles are allowed to travel within.
An example of how this might be used: If I have an emitter with a 1m radius and wanted the particles to travel within a 1m radius but following a path. It could be something like a 'distance from path' option, possibly with independent axis controls for XYZ inputs
RE: Path Follow - Pipe Radius - tyFlow - 04-09-2019
So you're saying to constrain particles from the path by a certain distance?
RE: Path Follow - Pipe Radius - Fraine7 - 04-09-2019
Kind of, imagine the path having a thickness rather than just being a spline. Attraction values seem allow for this but without any close control over exactly how far away from the path they are allowed to be
RE: Path Follow - Pipe Radius - tyFlow - 04-09-2019
You could try adding an object bind, setting method to surface, friction to 0% and limiting the surface offset? Haven't tried it myself with splines but that method would work for meshes and in theory should work for splines too.
RE: Path Follow - Pipe Radius - Fraine7 - 04-10-2019
Sounds interesting, I’ll give it a go - thanks Ty