[x3d-public] Can you get this X3D animation imported into Blender?

[John Carlson]

Joe,

Here's the .blend file for localcentersjoe.x3d  I remain overwhelmed, not
seeing a way forward.

I am stuck on:

1. Applying the most recent transform
2. Applying a full set of transforms.

So far, using 1 works well for Transforms with centers.

If we can lay out some use cases, that would be good.

I've asked Vince to help.

Hopefully, this will get through size filters in case someone else wants to
observe the differences between our files.

John

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 5:35 AM Joe D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi John,
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> You sent this:
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>   <Transform DEF="TransformRoot1" center="0 0 0">
>     <Shape>
>       <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>     </Shape>
>     <Transform DEF="TransformTargetParent1" center="4 0 0">
>       <Shape>
>         <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>       </Shape>
>       <Transform DEF="TransformTargetChild1" center="8 0 0">
>         <Shape>
>           <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>         </Shape>
>       </Transform>
>     </Transform>
>   </Transform>
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> Not shown here is the interpolator that sends rotations to both Parent and
> Child Transforms
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> For this animation code you sent this did exactly what it should have done.
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> The boxes start at 0 0 0 then are swept along the axis according to the
> Parent and Child Transform nodes animation input.
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> Note that the initial position of all three boxes is 0 0 0, then they move
> along the radius from where you set the parent centers.
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> Please have a look at this:
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> First, slight change from what you sent.
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> Again, a important understanding is that "center" value of the Transform
> represents the center of rotation of that Transform, and may have nothing
> much to do with the value for translation, which is 0 0 0 for the parent
> Transform for each Shape.
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>   <Transform DEF="CenterRoot1" center="0 0 0">
>     <Shape>
>       <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>     </Shape>
>     <Transform DEF="CenterParent1" center="4 0 0">
>       <Shape>
>         <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>       </Shape>
>       <Transform DEF="CenterChild1" center="8 0 0">
>         <Shape>
>           <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>         </Shape>
>       </Transform>
>     </Transform>
>   </Transform>
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> So again, all Shapes start at 0 0 0 then are swept through the arc defined
> by each parent Transform center.
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> This version operates like the hanim model.
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> The parent Transform is a "Joint" with center defined, then the Shape has
> its own Transform to place it at the parent center value.
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> (The first center="0 2 0" translation='0 2 0' just moves the is example up
> above the first example.)
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>   <Transform DEF="TransformRoot2" center="0 2 0" translation='0 2 0'>
>     <Transform DEF="MoveToCenterRoot" translation="0 2 0">
>       <Shape>
>         <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>       </Shape>
>     </Transform>
>     <Transform DEF="CenterTargetParent2" center="4 0 0">
>       <Transform DEF="TranslateTargetParent2" translation="4 0 0">
>         <Shape>
>           <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>         </Shape>
>       </Transform>
>       <Transform DEF="CenterTargetChild2" center="8 0 0">
>         <Transform DEF="TranslateTargetChild2" translation="8 0 0">
>           <Shape>
>             <Box size='0.5 0.5 0.5'/>
>           </Shape>
>         </Transform>
>       </Transform>
>     </Transform>
>   </Transform>
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> In Humanoid space, once the connection between using center to set the
> Joint center of rotation and then a child Transform to position any
> associated stuff in Humanoid space just makes it work wonderful for what we
> need in hanim.
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> I can recall a day when there were sincere discussions over whether to
> include the 'center' field in Transform.
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> Thanks,
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> Joe
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