Clarisse includes a powerful expression engine to drive attribute values. In addition to direct value input, via the Attribute Editor for instance, or f-curve, attribute values can now be driven using a full featured expression system based on the powerful Se-Expr language developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios (https://www.disneyanimation.com/technology/seexpr.html).
Using expressions in Clarisse, you can:
- Drive most attributes of any object;
- Drive attribute values procedurally using mathematical functions;
- Re-time animation from a f-curve driving an attribute value;
- Bind attributes together and use other attribute values in expressions;
- Procedurally get the name of the object which holds the attribute with the expression, and get the path of its context;
- Find items based on rules, like you would using rules in Groups but at the expression level;
- Make powerful scripts using the expression language to drive the value of attributes;
- Control other attributes to create self-contained setups that can be published and reused as procedural assets.
