Maya Bifrost: Manipulator Field Introduction

This is the introduction to my compound "manipulatorField".
It provides a field in Bifrost that can be set and adjusted with manipulator objects in Maya.
The whole setup is supported by MEL scripts so that you can create the field and its manipulators with a push of a button.
Download the package with all parts here:
drive.google.c...
(let me know when the link has expired)
Installation:
Move these files to %HOME%/Audodesk/Bifrost/Compounds
manipulator_field_V1_1.json
manipulator_field_V1_1.md
manipulatorFieldIcon.png
Move these files to %HOME%/maya/2022/prefs/icons (or whereever your maya prefs are)
addManipulatorField.png
addManipulator.png
cleanManipulatorField.png
Move this MEL file to your scripts folder (maya/scripts)
addManipulatorField_1.mel
Load this as a shelf (gear icon in the Shelf-Load Shelf)
shelf_addManipulatorField.mel

[@amitabhbarretto]

Thank you for the tut.

[@andrewsilke1]

Lovely thanks so much!

[@SimantoSteve]

Dude! you are still alive. why don't you upload tutorials anymore? I love your tutorials.

[@HeydoubleU]

Looks awesome and so widely applicable, can't wait to try this!

[@siddharthbolurker]

This is fantastic Roland!

[@Sain-Tang]

Awesome, Its looks like a highly liberalized mash system.

[@raspas99]

Awesome! Thank you so much for this

[@toddlawrimore3577]

Thank you. Brilliant work.

[@EDVVRD]

Big thanks, super good!

[@gregc3861]

Awesome! Great job Roland and thanks for sharing! I installed it and will be using it on future projects. It would be cool to plug in a custom object which has shape animation. (similar to the manipulators in Mash)

[@Yamagatabr]

Thi is great! It is possible to reacreate thi setup with standard maya and bifrost tools? Using any object as a controller? thanks

[@RolandReyer]

The fields in Bifrost are just math expressions, that's why they are restricted to basic shapes. More complex shapes can be achieved by - combining basic shapes (= additional manipulators for one node) - convert an object to a volume and use the volume as a field (= slow)