Module: Transform Sequence ()

Description:

This module allows you to control and animate the transformation of a spatial data object. This means translating, rotating, scaling and shearing an object without changing the camera. It is possible to define complex transformations consisting of an arbitrary number of basic transformations (translations, rotations, etc.) in an arbitrary order. Note, that the order of transformations is important: Translating an object after a rotation yields a different result than the other way around.

The module has two modes:

• Edit Transformation: In this mode you can create a complex transformation by editing a set of basic transformations (translations, rotations, etc.). New basic transformations can be added, existing transformations can be reordered and removed.
• Edit Animation: This mode assumes that a complex set of transformations exists and only its parameters can be changed. This means the degrees of a rotation or the size of a scale operation. Basic transformations can not be added or removed. However, a set of parameters can be saved as a so-called animation key. This allows you to create an animation.

Connections:

SpatialData1 [required]
Connection to the spatial data object to be transformed.

SpatialData2 ... SpatialDataN [optional]
Additional spatial data objects to be transformed in the same way as the first one. This becomes handy if you want to control a group of objects belonging to each other. You can connect an arbitrary number of objects.

Time [optional]
Connection to other time modules.

Ports:

Mode

Switch between editing modes.

Time

Only available in animation mode. Controls the current time of the animation sequence.

Keys

Only available in animation mode. Allows you to select a previously defined animation key.

Action

Only available in animation mode. Allows you to add, remove, or replace animation keys.

Info

Displayed at the beginning of a every basic transformation in order to identify it easily.

Edit

Only available in transformation mode. Allows you to ignore or remove basic transformations.

Add

Only available in transformation mode. Allows you to add a new basic transformation and give it a name.