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Bongo 2.0 Development

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 2.0 Development ===== 2019-02-12 Service Release 8 Download Service Release 8 from here: Bug fixes: Following bugs occurred in both Rhino 5 and Rhino 6: * A keyframe moved by using the context menu commands “Copy/Move Keyframe” to a tick greater than the last visible tick landed at the end of the visible timeline. It now does shift beyond the last visible tick to the desired spot.

Bongo 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions * Can I use Bongo 1.0 normaly while trying out Bongo 2.0? * “You have to be an administrator to run the switch” - error message when run the Bongo Version Switch, what do I do? * How do I use the new RPC feature in Bongo 2.0? * How do I get rid of the white dotted lines and the IK text in the view? * When I choose Object Constraints Manager or run the command BongoObjectConstraintsManager nothing happens? * Should I download 32-bit or 64-bit Bong…

Bongo 2.0 Tutorials

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 2.0 Tutorials * Video tutorials The tutorial models can be downloaded from here: IK Models * Robot Ball Arm Start * Robot Arm Start * Piston Animation Start UI Models Other * Layer Animation Start * Sun Animation Start Additional example models can be downloaded from here: No tutorials available for these models yet, they are just examples.

Should I download 32-bit or 64-bit Bongo 2.0?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Should I download 32-bit or 64-bit Bongo 2.0? It all depends on which Operative System and Rhino version you are using. Please check the list below: Return to Bongo 2 FAQ

Installing Bongo 1 in Vista/Win7

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Installing Bongo 1 in Vista/Win7 Problem: When I try to install Bongo 1 in Vista/Win7, it complains about needing Administrator Rights. Solution: The installer for Bongo 1 was created for Win2000 and WinXP, prior to the complications of User Account Control in Windows Vista and Win7. To get past this complication:

Animate Video Texture

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animate Video Texture You can now animated Video Texures in Bongo. It's an easy and fast way to get a texture animated. All you need is a video file an the rest is easy. Supported Video file formats are: AVI, MPG This features is only supported by renderers that support the RDK. Currently the only ones supporting this are Rhino Renderer (Rhino 5 WIP) and Brazil for Rhino.

Tweening

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Tweening Tweening between key frame points is done by Hermite interpolation. It has a good set of per key frame adjustments: curve tangent settings and easing control. Position tweening has separate controls for curve path and travel. Curve path controls the shape of the animation path and travel controls the speed along the that path.

Problems Installing Bongo 1 on Rhino 5

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Problems Installing Bongo 1 on Rhino 5 Are you getting the following error message? First, check: * Which version of Rhino 5 do you have installed? Bongo 1.0 is a 32-bit application, and therefore it won't install on 64-bit Rhino 5. So please make sure you have 32-bit Rhino 5 installed.

Scripting installation of Bongo 1.0

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Scripting installation of Bongo 1.0 Bongo 1.0 can be installed by a scripted installation. To do that you can use the commands on the following page: The page is written for Flamingo and Rhino, but Bongo 1.0 uses the same commands. The only command that's not mentioned on the page is the /s.

Is the Bongo 1.0 toolbar always showing up in the middle of the screen when you start up Rhino?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Is the Bongo 1.0 toolbar always showing up in the middle of the screen when you start up Rhino? We’re currently working on fixing the problem. The problem is caused by the fact that in Windows XP, which Bongo 1.0 was developed on, users where allowed to save to some folders that now in Windows Vista and Windows 7 are write protected even though you have administrative rights. Here is what you can do manually to make the toolbar stay in place:

How was the video texure in the Walkby video done?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

How was the video texure in the Walkby video done? The video was done by David Rutten and he describes it this way: I have to admit the animation isn't a 100% bongo. Here's how it was done: First I set up the camera animation (using normal bongo steps)

Can I use Bongo 1.0 normaly while trying out Bongo 2.0?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Can I use Bongo 1.0 normaly while trying out Bongo 2.0? Yes, by using the Bongo Version Selector. In the Bongo 2.0 folder in C:\Program Files\Bongo 2.0 you will find an exe-file called BongoVersionSwitch.exe. Double click on it and you'll be able to choose which Bongo version you want to use, or if you do not want to have Bongo running at all.

“You have to be an administrator to run the switch” - error message turns up when I try to ...

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

“You have to be an administrator to run the switch” - error message turns up when I try to use the Bongo Version Switch, what do I do? Right click on the BongoVersionSwitch.exe file and choose Run as administraitor. Now you should not get the error meassage anymore and the Version Switch should start up.

Camera Rotation in Bongo

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Camera Rotation in Bongo Question Why does my camera rotate part way through my animation? Answer If your camera point passes directly over (or directly under) the target point, the camera will tumble and rotate because it has lost its reference. To avoid this, make sure that the camera passes just to one side of the target.

CAM and Follower Bongo Animation

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

CAM and Follower Bongo Animation Part 1: Moving the Follower Part 2: Rotating the CAM and the Follower The Animation * This is an AVI video. It will play in your default player for this file type. * Animate the CAM moving and the Follower rotating and traveling along the edge of the cam. Return to Main Bongo Wiki Page.

Choosing a Video Format for Your Animation

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Choosing a Video Format for Your Animation Choosing a method of encoding your animation for video playback is one of the most complicated and difficult problems you will face when you first start producing video. In general, most of the basic choices are flawed in some way and you will always have to make some kind of compromise.

Controller Objects: What can they do, how do they work and why would I care?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo FAQ Controller Objects: What can they do, how do they work and why would I care? Controller objects are simply proxy objects which have their advanced hierarchy options set to control objects instead of directly participating in the tree. We don't use the term much anymore.

When will it be possible to animate controlpoints with Bongo?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo FAQ When will it be possible to animate controlpoints with Bongo? When Rhino 4.0 comes out - the current SDK for Rhino 3.0 doesn't allow us to do this. Andy le Bihan

Curve Editor

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Curve Editor You can now get the finest level of control over your animation with the curve editor in Bongo 2.0. The Curve editor allows you to graphically edit your animation. You can access the Curve Editor by clicking on the icon , go to the Bongo Menu > Curve Editor or type in

Bongo 1.0 Development

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 1.0 Development Note: Service Releases and Service Release betas are only available to licensed Bongo 1.0 users. 2012-01-23 Service Release 8a Download... Bug fixes: * Fixed installer problem in SR 8. 2011-12-20 Service Release 8 Bug fixes: * Fixed memory leaks.

"A required resource was unavailable" error message

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

"A required resource was unavailable" error message Sometimes users with old display drivers see this error message when running a Bongo animation with Flamingo 2 in Rhino V4. Specifically, this happens in Rhino V4 SR7, on an Intel 82915G Express graphics card running driver version 6.14.10.3847 (2004). Update the driver version 14.25.50.4764 (2007) to fix the problem.

Edit Multiple Keyframes

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Edit Multiple Keyframes In Bongo 2.0 you can Edit Multiple Keyframes at the same time. You can easily choose the Keyframes you want to change by clicking and dragging the mouse cursor over the Keyframes on the Timeline. Open up the Keyframe Editor to Edit them. At the bottom of the Keyframe Editor you can see which Keyframes are activated.

Bongo Frequently Asked Questions

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo Frequently Asked Questions * Bongo 1 installer complains about Administrator rights? * How do I control acceleration in Bongo? * I get an error message after rendering and no video file is produced - tips on encoding * Controller Objects: What can they do, how do they work and why would I care? * When will it be possible to animate controlpoints with Bongo? * What are the practical limits of Bongo at the present time? * What are the hardware requirements of Bongo? * Choosi…

bongo:hardware

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

BongoHardware There are 2 different hardware components involved in making animations: * Graphic card: used when moving or rotating objects in real time or when you click the Bongo “play” button to preview an animation. There's a list of graphic cards recommended by Rhino users at

Bongo Wiki

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo Wiki Bongo FAQ Bongo 1.0 FAQBongo 2.0 FAQ Tutorials Rhino3D.tv “”“” Video Tutorial: CAM and the Follower Download the full User Guide for Bongo 1.0 Bongo 2.0 tutorials Bongo discussion Bongo Community The Bongo community/forum is the best place to post questions, comments and suggestions related to Bongo. The development team are there pretty much all the time, so you should get stuff answered quickly!

Bongo 2.0 Inverse Kinematics

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 2.0 Inverse Kinematics What is Inverse Kinematics? When multiple objects are linked together with parent-child-relations the structure is called object hierarchy. In an object hierarchy parents usually transform their children as they are transformed themselves. These transformations are usually defined by rotation angles around pivot points, translations along pivot axis and axial scaling factors. Each object applies its parent's transformation to its own. This way all of the objects in…

New Keyframe Editor

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

New Keyframe Editor The Keyframe Editor allows you to edit your keyframes. You can access the Keyframe Editor by clicking on the icon , go to the Bongo Menu > Keyframe Editor or type in BongoKeyframeEditor on the commandline. You can also access the Keyframe Editor by right clicking on a Keyframe on the Timeline.

Animating Layers

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animating Layers Bongo 2.0 supports Layer animation. Being able to animate Layers makes it easy to turn specific objects on and off. ---------- ---------- ---------- Video Tutorial * Layer Animation ---------- Return to Bongo 2.0 Wiki ----------

What are the practical limits of Bongo at the present time?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo FAQ What are the practical limits of Bongo at the present time? I am currently working on a long driving animation which I would hate to hit an unknown limit after spending the time to set it up. The practical limits are that you can only have a maxiumum of 1000 ticks on the timeline.

Bongo 2.0 - How to Animate Material Properties

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 2.0 - How to Animate Material Properties Tutorial Models * Coming soon Return to Bongo 2.0 Wiki

Bongo 2.0 - How to use the new Morphing feature

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo 2.0 - How to use the new Morphing feature What is Morphing? Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image/objects into another through a seamless transition. With the help of Bongo 2.0 you can animate simple changes to objects in Rhino by moving the objects control points.

How to morph a simple shape in Bongo 2.0?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

How to morph a simple shape in Bongo 2.0? * Start by drawing a simple Plane in Rhino. * Type in BongoTimeline on the commandline, to Start up Bongo and get the Timeline. * Select the Plane and press F10 to activate the Control Points in Rhino.

Animating Named Views

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animating Named Views The Named Views animation allows you to animate your saved Named Views. You can access the Animate Named Views command by clicking on the icon , or type in BongoNamedViewsAnimation on the commandline. The dialogbox for the Named Views animation looks like the left picture below. The Choose Named Views -dialogbox comes up when pressing the + (Add) icon in the Named Views Animation -dialogbox.

When I the choose Object Constraints Manager or run the command BongoObjectConstraintsManager ...

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

When I the choose Object Constraints Manager or run the command BongoObjectConstraintsManager nothing happens? In Bongo 2.0 the Objects Constraints Manager has moved to a different location from where it was in Bongo 1.0. It is now in the Properties docking window.

Bongo Performance Tips

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo Performance Tips The render is Treefrog in the discussion below, however concepts will apply to any render you choose for your Bongo animation. System Level Use Windows to manage the size of the swap file: Windows Start > Control Panel >System > Advanced tab > Performance frame > Setting button. Set the initial size to twice RMA and the Max to 4 times ram. You can also run the Windows

How to animate a piston in Bongo 1.0?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

How to animate a piston in Bongo 1.0? Here are some examples: Bongo FAQ

How do I get rid of the white dotted lines and the IK text in the view?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

How do I get rid of the white dotted lines and the IK text in the view? You can disable the hierarchy links and the IK tags by going to: Tools > Options > Bongo Under Object Pivots, uncheck the box saying Display IK tags and Display hierarchy links

Animating RDK Environment

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animating RDK Environment In Bongo 2.0 you can animate properties in the RDK Environment Editor. All you need to do is to press the Animate Button on the Timeline and open up the Environment Editor and start to make changes. Bongo adds animation data for every change you make.

Animating RDK Material

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animating RDK Material All RDK Material settings can be animated in Bongo 2.0. All you need to do is to press the Animate Button on the Timeline and open up the Material Editor and start to make changes. Bongo will create keyframes for every change you make.

Animating the RDK Sun

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animating the RDK Sun You can animate the RDK sun in Bongo 2.0. This is a great tool to view how light and shadow will play on your model. It's easy to use and fast. You just open the Sun Dialog box. Press the Animate button and for all the changes you make Bongo will create a keyframe.

Animating RDK Texture

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Animating RDK Texture In Bongo 2.0 you can animate texture properties on RDK Materials. All you need to do is to press the Animate Button on the Timeline and open up the Texture in the material and start to make changes. Bongo adds animation data for every change you make.

How do I use the new RPC feature in Bongo 2.0?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

How do I use the new RPC feature in Bongo 2.0? You can now animate RPCs with Bongo 2 WIP and Rhino 5 WIP. Note – Renderers supporting the technology at the moment: * Brazil for Rhino * RhinoRender To add the Bongo animation data to the RPC you need to type in the following command:

I get an error message after rendering and no video file is produced

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Bongo FAQ I get an error message after rendering and no video file is produced I'm pretty sure the “Out of Memory” error is coming from the AVI compressor - probably because the AVI compression settings are set to Full Frames (Uncompressed). This codec seems to fail on many machines with certain sized images, and unfortunately it is beyond our control. On the other hand, you shouldn't be using it anyway as it doesn't produce good animations because they can't be displayed fast enough.

How do I manually animate a viewport like in Bongo 1.0?

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

How do I manually animate a viewport like in Bongo 1.0? In Bongo 2.0 you can only see the objects that has been animated in the Animation Manager, so in order to be able to activate the animation in a viewport, you need to do the following: Go to Bongo Menu > Bongo View Constraints Manager.

Zoomable Timeline

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:48:31 +0000

Zoomable Timeline The Timeline in Bongo 2.0 has improved a lot. You can now do the following: * Zoom in and out by scrolling on the Timeline. * There's a box that shows how many ticks there are on the Timeline. * You can drag the Timeline. *