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Hi Seán,
just a few questions.
First, I was wondering if is there a way to take notes inside of Serpens. It would be nice to add some comments here and there throughout our serpens code while developing it, and would be extremely useful when we come back to it in the future
Second, in this lecture at the beginning (min 5-6) when you build the string Material + Number, why don’t you simply connect “Material” and “Current Material Length” to the Combine Strings node? Instead you create a list with the two strings then Join them together. I thing the former method would be more straightforward, unless I am missing something
Thank you in advance
Oliviero
Hey Oliviero,
For your first question…I agree, code comments are something I miss with the node-based workflow. But you prompted me to find a work-around. It’s not ideas…but…if you add a Frame node, in the node properties, (where we usually change the name and colour), you can point to a text file, the contents of which will render in the frame. So, you can create a text file in Blender’s text editor, write your note and then display it in a frame…see the image attached.
As for your second question, you may well be right that there is a simpler way! I can’t quite work out the method you’re suggesting through. Could you wire it up and take a screenshot and post it here?
You’re flying through lectures…I better get more published soon!
Cheers,
S
Thank you for the work-around! That will be very useful!
For what concerns the second question, here’s a screenshot of what I’ve tried to describe previously
Yeap - this looks like a much more direct approach! Sometimes you just can’t see the wood for the trees!
Thanks for posting this.
Seán