Reference from Day 1

Reference from Day 1

The snag from Day 6

The snag from Day 6

Fixing the Rotations

Let’s start with a quick diagnostic

Before applying the tangents and normals

Before applying the tangents and normals

After applying the tangents and normals

After applying the tangents and normals

It seems we’ve pinpointed the issue! We want the characters in that “after” shot to be rotating locally.

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Well would you look at that!

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But it doesn’t seem we’re in the clear just yet.

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The positioning for these is all wonky. It seems I should revisit that “Align Euler to Vector” code.

Aligning the Text Rotations with the Thread

To explain my current node flow:

  1. Take these text instances (that now rotate properly)

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  1. Sample the curve’s tangents and normals, and rotate the text instances to face the direction they would on the curve at their respective point.

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My first thought was that I should instead set the pivot point to the center of those text instances. Doing so, I ended up with a slightly better result, but still some room for improvement.