object position affects only the height scale

[Bebanks]

i'm trying to use the selected object to squash and stretch the spring on this Shock & Strut to give it that realistic feel

what would i use to connect the positioning of the selected object to control the springs scaling to be elongated and or squished

what would i need to do to accomplish this?

i also have the Stare feature from Motion V2 to have certain peaces stare at other and have then align

Thanks in advance

[Mylenium]

That's bog standard stuff. Simply do a web searh for lookAt() or "targeting" expressions and the like. Same for the scaling. A simple case of measuring the distance with length() and correlating it to the layer size by piping it through a linear() interpolator.

Mylenium

[Bebanks]

thank you i'm fairly new to to any sort of coding to make this happen i'l try to research what you've suggested thank you

[Bebanks]

how would i get to only affect one of the scaling values ONLY?

[Mylenium]

n-dimensional properties are arrays. You address their components by referencing their index array beginning with 0, so scale X is scale[0] and scale Y is scale[1].

Mylenium

[Bebanks]

what would i type after clicking the option and stop watch to bring up the white box to type in