Session 15: Using duplicate nodes
Preparation
- There are no external assets required for this training session.
Description
Duplicate nodes are a powerful feature in Swift that enable information to be copied in a variety of ways. Typical graphics that utilise Duplicate Nodes are Full Form tabular graphics such as a league table, scoreboard or listing.
Session specific objectives
Using duplicate nodes and introducing Clip Plane nodes.
Chapter 1: Example duplicate
- A 10 row leaderboard example
- Constructing a row of information
Chapter 2: Adding and editing Clip Plane nodes
- Using Clip Planes as masking tools
- Editing and viewing Clip Planes
- Translating and rotating Clip Planes
- Animating Clip Planes
Chapter 3: Adding duplicate nodes
- Setting the numbers of duplicates for Max and Number
- Arranging duplicates in x or y
- Using Vertical Offsets
- Using Animation Delays
- Refreshing the preview window
Chapter 4: Copying elements from one template to another
- What to look out for
Chapter5: Adding inputs to Duplicate nodes
- Adding a separator character
Expected duration
1 hour
User Level
All new users
Tilde ~
Tilde in Swift is normally used as a separator between values when set within a duplicate node.
The control application will need to supply a separator character for duplicate nodes.
Useful tilde ~ separated strings for training and testing
Copy and paste as required
1~2~3~4~5~6~7~8~9~10
TEAM NAME 1~TEAM NAME 2~TEAM NAME 3~TEAM NAME 4~TEAM NAME 5~TEAM NAME 6~TEAM NAME 7~TEAM NAME 8~TEAM NAME 9~TEAM NAME 10
28~27~26~25~24~23~22~21~20~19
Person 1~Person 2~Person 3~Person 4~Person 5~Person 6~Person 7~Person 8~Person 9~Person 10~
2010~2011~2012~2013~2014~2015~2016~2017~2018~2019~2020
10~20~30~40~50~60~70~80~90~100
Session Project
If you want to review Justin Avery's instructor project at this point in the course, you can download the project zip here.
