Overlappy

List of tasks

Features

• Works fast with all selected objects in order
• nParticle based (full particle settings control)
• Translate bake
• Rotate bake (don't forget to use offset sliders)
• Baking on override layers
• Hierarchy mode
• Loop mode

Planned features

• Scale bake
• Baking on additive layers
• Twist simulation support
• Collisions

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Menu

• Edit
• Select

BUTTONS

• SETUP - Create particle rig for first selected object. Use this step for setup settings. Setup runs every time for each selected object.
• DELETE - Delete particle rig if exists
• TRANSLATION - Bake simulation for translation attributes
  • translate with offset - Bake simulation for translation attributes with offset
• ROTATION - Bake simulation for rotation attributes
• COMBO - Bake translation and rotation in order
  • rotate + translate - Bake rotation and translation in order

LAYERS

• Delete BaseAnimation Layer - All animation layers will be deleted
• Delete Temp Layer - Only Temp layer and child layers will be deleted
• Move To Safe Layer - Move Temp layer sublayers to Safe layer
• Delete Safe Layer - Only Safe layer and child layers will be deleted
• Move To Temp Layer - Move Safe layer sublayers to Temp layer

OPTIONS

• Hierarchy - Bake simulation for all child hierarhy of selected objects
• Layer - Bake animation into override layers. If turned off animation will be baked directly to selected objects
• Loop - Use for cycles. Important to have cycle constant animation curves
• Clean - Remove particle setup after baking end

PARTICLE ATTRIBUTES

• Radius -
• Conserve -
• Drag -
• Damp -
• G.Smooth -
• G.Weight -
• Time Scale -

PARTICLE OFFSET

• Mirror X -
• Mirror Y -
• Mirror Z -
• Move X -
• Move Y -
• Move Z -

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Useful links

• https://vimeo.com/196234485
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTBZgLYO6eo&feature=youtu.be&t=490
• https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/overlappy-for-maya-105076
• https://around-the-corner.typepad.com/adn/2019/04/cached-playback-issues-and-their-workarounds.html

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Backlog

• Save preferences to file and load from file
• Cleaner button if scene has garbage from script
• Selection sets
• Loop mode upgrade
• Skip every N object in hierarchy
• Values presets
• Gravity ignore, vector, value
• Follicle logic
• Point locks - none/base/tip/both
• Stepped mode - create follicle rig, waiting prefs, bake to layer
• Dynamic options (gravity, collision, etc)
• Add collision to mesh button
• nParticle Live mode
• Follicle Live mode