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Visibility Sequence

Intro​

The Visibility Sequence Behaviour can be used to affect the visibility of sub-meshes like a Duplicator or Text. The visibility for each sub-mesh can be determined by setting a range. Any sub-meshes that fall outside the range will have their visibility set to off.

For example, when using a Visibility Sequence connected to a Duplicator with a Count of 10, a Start value of 10% would set the visibility of the first sub-mesh in the Duplicator to off (10% of 10 is 1 and so the first sub-mesh falls outside the range).

UI​

Start - Set a percentage to mark the start of the range.

End - Set a percentage to mark the end of the range.

Travel - Incrementally offset the range by one sub-mesh at a time.

Always On - Enter a comma separated list of Ids to always remain visible. Colons can also be used to set ranges - 1,3,5:8

Always Off - Enter a comma separated list of Ids to always remain invisible. Colons can also be used to set ranges - 1,3,5:8

Invert - Invert the resulting range so anything outside of the range is set to on.

Example
  1. Hold Option/Alt and click the Ellipse tool to create an Ellipse.
  2. With the Ellipse selected, click the Duplicator icon in the Shelf.
  3. Set Distribution to Linear.
  4. Set **Count **to 10.
  5. Set Size to 1000.
  6. Right click on the Shape Visibility attribute.
  7. Choose Add Behaviour > Visibility Sequence.
  8. Load the Visibility Sequence into the Attribute Editor.
  9. Set Start to 50%.

The first 5 sub-meshes of the Duplicator will be hidden.