GPlates: Using Topologies - Worldbuilder’s Log 20
Channel: Artifexian
Date: 20/03/2023

In this final Gplates tutorial video, we'll learn how to use the topologies tool in GPlates to create neater shapes, and better animations, faster. Also covered is how to create entire plates. 

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LINKS:

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/artifexian

🌍 GPLATES: https://www.gplates.org

⭐️ WORLDBUILDING PASTA : https://worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com

⭐️ VANGA-VANGOG : https://www.deviantart.com/vanga-vangog/gallery

🧮 THE WORLDSMITH (Spreadsheet): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AML0mIQcWDrrEHj-InXoYsV_QlhlFVuUalE3o-TwQco/copy

📕 REFERENCE DOCS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a3ZZFmVy80zViaGw3hazats_INujM0Zb?usp=sharing 

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MUSIC:

Udo Grunewald

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro
00:22 Important Toggle!
00:53 Using Topologies to Split Apart Supercontinents
05:47 Continental Drift 1000-950 mya
06:19 Timestep Constrained Flowlines 1000-950 mya
07:24 New Mid-ocean Ridge Method
08:38 Using Topologies to Create Oceanic Crust
12:55 Drift Correction 1000-950 mya
13:39 New Rift
14:22 Splitting Features
15:47 New Plate Boundaries
17:12 Uncoupling Comoving Plates
18:34 Using Topologies to Spilt Apart Continents
21:50 Continental Drift 950-900 mya
22:18 Flowlines 950-900 mya
23:01 New Mid-ocean Ridge
23:35 Flowlines 950-900 mya  (cont.)
23:53 New Triple Junction Method
27:20 Creating Divergent Topology Lines
31:09 Ocean Crust 950-900 mya
34:37 Drift Correction 900 mya
35:13 Convergent & Transform Topological Boundaries
48:35 Using Topologies to Create Entire Plates
53:39 Timelapse & Outro

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Thanks for watching everyone. It means a lot. 🥰