Cinema4D (TUTORIAL): How to create an Xpresso rig for stacked topographical laminations
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a reusable rig that can be used to slice an object into topographical laminations. In my version the slices are accurately positioned to better reflect the topology of a landscape, and the rig can also be used to create a stacked lamination of an object that can be viewed one slice at a time.
00:00 introduction
00:12 overview of tutorial
01:18 description of voronoi fracture
04:52 start of tutorial
10:50 start building the rig
17:00 correcting the elevation contour
28:16 getting the bounding box from a parametric
31:31 building a string with an Xpresso python node
34:34 making it work with any segment size
37:33 making it work with any height
48:12 using the rig on a landscape object
49:10 material with 3d gradient
50:59 how to use a seemingly inaccessible attribute variable in Xpresso
54:24 stacked laminated sculptures
55:38 view any single slice
1:01:42 rotating the slices
1:04:45 saving the rig as a reusable resource
You can download the project file that includes the Xpresso rig from my Gumroad here:
https://pappybedard.gumroad.com/
You can download Drop-to-floor plugin here:
https://www.alphapixel.net/drop-to-fl...