barnabu
(Tourist)
11/06/06 03:05 AM
Re: Wiener Riesenrad - Ferris Wheel, Animation

I've updated the original file , with a more detailed version, and a made a major technical change to the way the whole thing is put together.

Instead of using a separate model for each of the 20 frames of the animation. I've cut back the number of Collada models to 3 and used the kml to instance them in different ways.


The 3 Collada components are:

- the static A-frame support structure.

- the wheel, which I gradually rotate by changing the value in the tilt tag in every Time-Spanned element.

- a model of a single carriage, instanced 15 (or 30) times each frame. With changing latitude, longitude and altitude values.


File size is reduced from 3.8MB to a much more modest 268kB.

Loading time is increased slightly, but the effect as each element appears is kind of interesting - rather like a flourescent light coming on.



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