Digital clocks have always been a kludge in Max, done with tricky textures that were hard to animate.This plugin creates the geometry for a 7 segment display and has an animatable parameter that dynamically changes the material ID of the geometry. This allows the animator to set a simple multi-subobject texture with an 'on' and 'off' texture and the plugin handles the rest. Set the time and it's displayed. Go into animation mode and make it change, and the display object does all the work. A free Digital Clock object is provided with the plugin as a gift to you. If you'd like to see it in action download the free video. Works in either Max 5 or 6. |