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198 Chapter 5: Creating Geometry
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Parameters rollout
RingWave Size group
Use these settings to change the ringwave’s basic
parameters.
Radius—Sets the outside radius of the ringwave.
Radial Segs—Sets the segment count between the
innerandoutersurfacesinthedirectionofthe
radius.
R ing W idth—Sets the mean ring width as measured
inward from the outer radius.
Sides—Sets the number of segments in the
circumferential direction for both the inner, outer,
and end (cap) surfaces.
Height—Sets the height of t he r ingwave along its
major axis.
Tip: If you leave the Height at 0 for an effect like
ashockwave,youwillwanttoapplyatwo-sided
material so that the ring can be seen from both
sides.
Height S egs—Sets the number of segments in the
direction of the height.
RingWave Timing group
Use these settings for r ingwave animation where
theringwavegrowsfromnothingtoitsfullsize.
No Gr owth—Sets a static ring wave, which appears
at Start Time and disappears after End Time.
Grow and Stay —Animates a single g rowth cycle.
TheringwavebeginsgrowingattheStartTimeand
reaches its full size at Start Time plus Grow Time.
Cy clic Growth—Theringwavegrowsrepeatedly
fromtheStartTimetoStartTimeplusGrowTime.
For example, if you set Start Time to 0 and Grow
Time to 25, leaving End Time at the default value
of 100, and choose Cyclic Growth, the r ingwave
grows from nothing to its full size four times over
thecourseoftheanimation.