CENTIPEDE - Animation Keyframe Timeline for Grasshopper

I know this is a very simple idea, but I got tired of setting up definitions to animate multiple objects with a single slider, even then, key-framing is a nightmare, so....

This allows the user to keyframe the animation of multiple objects in Grasshopper along a single slider. (Centipede is a vb.NET plugin for grasshopper (0.8))

Hopefully , with some more work and a lot of help , this could become a proper plugin within the Grasshopper framework. It is still rough, but the idea is there. I would appreciate any feedback. Instructions are embedded in the definition itself.

I hope this helps someone out with their project, enjoy :)

THE ANIMATION TIMELINE:

The KEYFRAME NODES:

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Mårten Nettelbladt on April 17, 2011 at 1:50pm

Thanks! This seems very useful.

Permalink Reply by Carson Smuts on April 18, 2011 at 2:44pm

No Problem, glad you find it useful:)

Permalink Reply by kleerkoat on April 17, 2011 at 3:12pm

whoah, cool!

Permalink Reply by Holger on April 19, 2011 at 11:36am

I have a great interest in Grasshopper - based Animation.

Animating an already parametric model appears much more elegant than the Bongo-Approach to me, which basically implants some Intelligence after the fact - on top of an already existing but "dumb" model.

Cool where at some Constraints and Mates as used in Solid-Modelers as well as Kangoroo-Kinematics hooked up... just dreaming.

Permalink Reply by Carson Smuts on April 19, 2011 at 12:15pm

Hey Holger: I agree, the idea of adding Constraints and References , such as in Kangaroo would be great..... Next step though, is to turn this into an actual component....

Permalink Reply by Dedackelzucht on April 20, 2011 at 3:36am