Pondering about Mechanical Bearings

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/PonderUI.java

@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ public class PonderUI extends AbstractSimiScreen {
 				return true;
 			}
 
+			if (hasShiftDown())
+				clipboardHelper.setClipboardString(handle, "util.select.position(" + hoveredBlockPos.getX() + ", "
+					+ hoveredBlockPos.getY() + ", " + hoveredBlockPos.getZ() + ")");
+			else
 				clipboardHelper.setClipboardString(handle, "util.grid.at(" + hoveredBlockPos.getX() + ", "
 					+ hoveredBlockPos.getY() + ", " + hoveredBlockPos.getZ() + ")");
 			copiedBlockPos = hoveredBlockPos;

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/SceneBuilder.java

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.DisplayWorldSectionIns
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.EmitParticlesInstruction;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.EmitParticlesInstruction.Emitter;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.FadeOutOfSceneInstruction;
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.HighlightValueBoxInstruction;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.LineInstruction;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.MarkAsFinishedInstruction;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions.MovePoiInstruction;
@@ -284,6 +285,15 @@ public class SceneBuilder {
 			addInstruction(new ChaseAABBInstruction(color, slot, boundingBox, duration));
 		}
 
+		public void showCenteredScrollInput(BlockPos pos, Direction side, int duration) {
+			Axis axis = side.getAxis();
+			float s = 1 / 16f;
+			float q = 1 / 4f;
+			Vec3d expands = new Vec3d(axis == Axis.X ? s : q, axis == Axis.Y ? s : q, axis == Axis.Z ? s : q);
+			addInstruction(new HighlightValueBoxInstruction(scene.getSceneBuildingUtil().vector.blockSurface(pos, side),
+				expands, duration));
+		}
+
 		public void showLine(PonderPalette color, Vec3d start, Vec3d end, int duration) {
 			addInstruction(new LineInstruction(color, start, end, duration));
 		}
@@ -350,6 +360,12 @@ public class SceneBuilder {
 				Optional.of(() -> scene.resolve(link))));
 		}
 
+		public void glueBlockOnto(BlockPos position, Direction fadeInDirection, ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> link) {
+			addInstruction(new DisplayWorldSectionInstruction(15, fadeInDirection,
+				scene.getSceneBuildingUtil().select.position(position), Optional.of(() -> scene.resolve(link)),
+				position));
+		}
+
 		public ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> showIndependentSection(Selection selection, Direction fadeInDirection) {
 			DisplayWorldSectionInstruction instruction =
 				new DisplayWorldSectionInstruction(15, fadeInDirection, selection, Optional.empty());
@@ -405,6 +421,11 @@ public class SceneBuilder {
 				.setCenterOfRotation(anchor));
 		}
 
+		public void configureStabilization(ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> link, Vec3d anchor) {
+			addInstruction(scene -> scene.resolve(link)
+				.stabilizeRotation(anchor));
+		}
+
 		public void moveSection(ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> link, Vec3d offset, int duration) {
 			addInstruction(AnimateWorldSectionInstruction.move(link, offset, duration));
 		}
@@ -596,8 +617,7 @@ public class SceneBuilder {
 			modifyTileNBT(selection, teType, consumer, false);
 		}
 
-		public <T extends TileEntity> void modifyTileEntity(BlockPos position, Class<T> teType,
-			Consumer<T> consumer) {
+		public <T extends TileEntity> void modifyTileEntity(BlockPos position, Class<T> teType, Consumer<T> consumer) {
 			addInstruction(scene -> {
 				TileEntity tileEntity = scene.world.getTileEntity(position);
 				if (teType.isInstance(tileEntity))

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/content/BearingScenes.java

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.Pointing;
 
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction.Axis;
-import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.Vec3d;
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ public class BearingScenes {
 		scene.overlay.showText(60)
 			.pointAt(util.vector.topOf(windmill))
 			.placeNearTarget()
-			.text("Once Activated, the Windmill Bearing will start providing Rotational Force");
+			.text("Activated with Right-Click, the Windmill Bearing will start providing Rotational Force");
 		scene.idle(70);
 
 		scene.overlay.showText(60)
@@ -113,19 +112,14 @@ public class BearingScenes {
 		scene.idle(90);
 
 		Vec3d surface = util.vector.blockSurface(windmill, Direction.WEST);
-		AxisAlignedBB point = new AxisAlignedBB(surface, surface);
-		AxisAlignedBB expanded = point.grow(1 / 16f, 1 / 4f, 1 / 4f);
-
 		scene.overlay.showControls(new InputWindowElement(surface, Pointing.DOWN).scroll()
 			.withWrench(), 60);
-		scene.overlay.chaseBoundingBoxOutline(PonderPalette.WHITE, point, point, 1);
-		scene.idle(1);
-		scene.overlay.chaseBoundingBoxOutline(PonderPalette.WHITE, point, expanded, 50);
+		scene.overlay.showCenteredScrollInput(windmill, Direction.WEST, 50);
 		scene.overlay.showText(60)
 			.pointAt(surface)
 			.placeNearTarget()
 			.text("Use a Wrench to configure its rotation direction");
-		scene.idle(35);
+		scene.idle(36);
 
 		scene.world.rotateBearing(windmill, -90 - 45, 75);
 		scene.world.rotateSection(structure, 0, 0, -90 - 45, 75);
@@ -186,13 +180,241 @@ public class BearingScenes {
 			new InputWindowElement(util.vector.blockSurface(bearingPos, Direction.WEST), Pointing.LEFT).rightClick(),
 			40);
 		scene.idle(7);
+		scene.markAsFinished();
 		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, -720, 400);
 		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, -720, 0, 400);
 		scene.world.modifyTileEntity(util.grid.at(2, 1, 5), HarvesterTileEntity.class,
 			hte -> hte.setAnimatedSpeed(-150));
-		scene.markAsFinished();
 		scene.idle(400);
 		scene.world.modifyTileEntity(util.grid.at(2, 1, 5), HarvesterTileEntity.class, hte -> hte.setAnimatedSpeed(0));
 	}
 
+	public static void mechanicalBearing(SceneBuilder scene, SceneBuildingUtil util) {
+		scene.title("mechanical_bearing", "Movings Structures using the Mechanical Bearing");
+		scene.world.showSection(util.select.layer(0), Direction.UP);
+		scene.idle(5);
+		scene.world.showSection(util.select.layer(1), Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.idle(10);
+		scene.world.showSection(util.select.layer(2), Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.idle(10);
+
+		Selection cog1 = util.select.position(6, 0, 4);
+		Selection cog2 = util.select.position(5, 1, 4);
+		Selection cog3 = util.select.position(4, 1, 3);
+		Selection cog4 = util.select.position(3, 1, 3);
+		Selection all = cog1.copy()
+			.add(cog2)
+			.add(cog3)
+			.add(cog4);
+
+		BlockPos bearingPos = util.grid.at(3, 2, 3);
+		scene.overlay.showSelectionWithText(util.select.position(bearingPos.up()), 60)
+			.colored(PonderPalette.GREEN)
+			.pointAt(util.vector.blockSurface(bearingPos, Direction.WEST))
+			.placeNearTarget()
+			.text("Mechanical Bearings attach to the block in front of them");
+		scene.idle(50);
+
+		ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> plank = scene.world.showIndependentSection(util.select.position(bearingPos.up()
+			.east()
+			.north()), Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.world.moveSection(plank, util.vector.of(-1, 0, 1), 0);
+		scene.idle(20);
+
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog1, -8);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog2, 8);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog3, -16);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog4, 16);
+		scene.effects.rotationSpeedIndicator(bearingPos.down());
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, 360, 37 * 2);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(plank, 0, 360, 0, 37 * 2);
+
+		scene.overlay.showText(80)
+			.pointAt(util.vector.topOf(bearingPos.up()))
+			.placeNearTarget()
+			.text("Upon receiving Rotational Force, it will assemble it into a Rotating Contraption");
+		scene.idle(37 * 2);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(all, 0);
+		scene.idle(20);
+
+		scene.world.hideIndependentSection(plank, Direction.UP);
+		scene.idle(15);
+		Selection plank2 = util.select.position(4, 3, 2);
+		ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> contraption = scene.world.showIndependentSection(util.select.layersFrom(3)
+			.substract(plank2), Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.idle(10);
+		scene.world.showSectionAndMerge(plank2, Direction.SOUTH, contraption);
+		scene.idle(15);
+		scene.effects.superGlue(util.grid.at(4, 3, 2), Direction.SOUTH, true);
+		scene.idle(5);
+
+		scene.world.configureCenterOfRotation(contraption, util.vector.topOf(bearingPos));
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog1, -8);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog2, 8);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog3, -16);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cog4, 16);
+		scene.effects.rotationSpeedIndicator(bearingPos.down());
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, 360 * 2, 37 * 4);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, 360 * 2, 0, 37 * 4);
+
+		scene.overlay.showText(120)
+			.pointAt(util.vector.topOf(bearingPos.up()))
+			.placeNearTarget()
+			.sharedText("movement_anchors");
+
+		scene.idle(37 * 4);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(all, 0);
+	}
+
+	public static void bearingModes(SceneBuilder scene, SceneBuildingUtil util) {
+		scene.title("bearing_modes", "Movement Modes of the Mechanical Bearing");
+		Selection sideCog = util.select.position(util.grid.at(7, 0, 3));
+		Selection cogColumn = util.select.fromTo(6, 1, 3, 6, 4, 3);
+		Selection cogAndClutch = util.select.fromTo(5, 3, 1, 5, 4, 2);
+		BlockPos leverPos = util.grid.at(5, 3, 1);
+
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(sideCog, 4);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cogColumn, -4);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(cogAndClutch, 8);
+		scene.world.toggleRedstonePower(cogAndClutch);
+
+		scene.world.showSection(util.select.layer(0), Direction.UP);
+		scene.idle(5);
+		scene.world.showSection(cogColumn, Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.idle(5);
+		scene.world.showSection(cogAndClutch, Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.idle(10);
+
+		BlockPos bearingPos = util.grid.at(5, 2, 2);
+		scene.world.showSection(util.select.position(bearingPos), Direction.UP);
+		scene.idle(10);
+
+		ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> contraption =
+			scene.world.showIndependentSection(util.select.fromTo(5, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2), Direction.EAST);
+		scene.world.configureCenterOfRotation(contraption, util.vector.centerOf(bearingPos));
+		scene.idle(20);
+
+		scene.world.toggleRedstonePower(cogAndClutch);
+		scene.effects.indicateRedstone(leverPos);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, 55, 0, 23);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, 55, 23);
+		scene.idle(24);
+
+		scene.world.toggleRedstonePower(cogAndClutch);
+		scene.effects.indicateRedstone(leverPos);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, 35, 0, 0);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, 35, 0);
+
+		Vec3d target = util.vector.topOf(bearingPos.down());
+		scene.overlay.showLine(PonderPalette.RED, target.add(-2.5, 0, 3.5), target, 50);
+		scene.overlay.showLine(PonderPalette.GREEN, target.add(0, 0, 4.5), target, 50);
+
+		scene.idle(50);
+
+		scene.overlay.showText(100)
+			.pointAt(util.vector.blockSurface(bearingPos, Direction.WEST))
+			.placeNearTarget()
+			.colored(PonderPalette.RED)
+			.text("When Stopped, the Bearing will place the structure at the nearest grid-aligned Angle");
+		scene.idle(110);
+
+		scene.overlay.showCenteredScrollInput(bearingPos, Direction.NORTH, 60);
+		scene.overlay.showControls(
+			new InputWindowElement(util.vector.blockSurface(bearingPos, Direction.NORTH), Pointing.DOWN).scroll()
+				.withWrench(),
+			60);
+		scene.idle(10);
+		scene.overlay.showText(60)
+			.pointAt(util.vector.blockSurface(bearingPos, Direction.WEST))
+			.placeNearTarget()
+			.text("This behaviour can be modified using a Wrench");
+		scene.idle(70);
+
+		scene.world.toggleRedstonePower(cogAndClutch);
+		scene.effects.indicateRedstone(leverPos);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, -55, 0, 23);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, -55, 23);
+		scene.idle(24);
+
+		scene.world.toggleRedstonePower(cogAndClutch);
+		scene.effects.indicateRedstone(leverPos);
+		scene.idle(40);
+
+		scene.overlay.showText(120)
+			.colored(PonderPalette.GREEN)
+			.pointAt(util.vector.blockSurface(util.grid.at(3, 1, 3), Direction.UP))
+			.placeNearTarget()
+			.text("It can be configured never to revert to solid blocks, or only near the angle it started at");
+
+	}
+
+	public static void stabilizedBearings(SceneBuilder scene, SceneBuildingUtil util) {
+		scene.title("stabilized_bearings", "Stabilized Contraptions");
+
+		Selection beltAndBearing = util.select.fromTo(3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 6);
+		Selection largeCog = util.select.position(2, 0, 6);
+		BlockPos parentBearingPos = util.grid.at(3, 3, 4);
+		BlockPos bearingPos = util.grid.at(3, 4, 2);
+
+		scene.world.showSection(util.select.layer(0), Direction.UP);
+		scene.idle(5);
+		scene.world.showSection(beltAndBearing, Direction.DOWN);
+		scene.idle(10);
+
+		ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> contraption =
+			scene.world.showIndependentSection(util.select.fromTo(3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3), Direction.SOUTH);
+		scene.world.configureCenterOfRotation(contraption, util.vector.centerOf(parentBearingPos));
+		scene.idle(20);
+		scene.world.glueBlockOnto(bearingPos, Direction.SOUTH, contraption);
+
+		scene.idle(15);
+
+		scene.overlay.showSelectionWithText(util.select.position(bearingPos), 60)
+			.text("Whenever Mechanical Bearings are themselves part of a moving Structure..")
+			.placeNearTarget();
+		scene.idle(70);
+
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(largeCog, -8);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(beltAndBearing, 16);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(parentBearingPos, 360, 74);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, 0, 360, 74);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, -360, 74);
+		scene.idle(74);
+
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(largeCog, 0);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(beltAndBearing, 0);
+		scene.overlay.showText(60)
+			.text("..they will attempt to keep themselves upright")
+			.pointAt(util.vector.blockSurface(bearingPos, Direction.NORTH))
+			.placeNearTarget();
+		scene.idle(70);
+
+		scene.overlay.showSelectionWithText(util.select.position(bearingPos.north()), 60)
+			.colored(PonderPalette.GREEN)
+			.text("Once again, the bearing will attach to the block in front of it")
+			.placeNearTarget();
+		scene.idle(70);
+
+		ElementLink<WorldSectionElement> subContraption =
+			scene.world.showIndependentSection(util.select.fromTo(4, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1), Direction.SOUTH);
+		scene.world.configureCenterOfRotation(subContraption, util.vector.centerOf(parentBearingPos));
+		scene.world.configureStabilization(subContraption, util.vector.centerOf(bearingPos));
+		scene.idle(20);
+
+		scene.overlay.showText(80)
+			.text("As a result, the entire sub-Contraption will stay upright");
+
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(largeCog, -8);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(beltAndBearing, 16);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(parentBearingPos, 360 * 2, 74 * 2);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(contraption, 0, 0, 360 * 2, 74 * 2);
+		scene.world.rotateBearing(bearingPos, -360 * 2, 74 * 2);
+		scene.world.rotateSection(subContraption, 0, 0, 360 * 2, 74 * 2);
+		
+		scene.markAsFinished();
+		scene.idle(74 * 2);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(largeCog, 0);
+		scene.world.setKineticSpeed(beltAndBearing, 0);
+	}
+
 }

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/content/PonderIndex.java

@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ public class PonderIndex {
 			.addStoryBoard("windmill_bearing/structure", BearingScenes::windmillsAnyStructure,
 				PonderTag.MOVEMENT_ANCHOR);
 
+		// Mechanical Bearing
+		PonderRegistry.forComponents(AllBlocks.MECHANICAL_BEARING)
+			.addStoryBoard("mechanical_bearing/anchor", BearingScenes::mechanicalBearing, PonderTag.KINETIC_APPLIANCES,
+				PonderTag.MOVEMENT_ANCHOR)
+			.addStoryBoard("mechanical_bearing/modes", BearingScenes::bearingModes)
+			.addStoryBoard("mechanical_bearing/stabilized", BearingScenes::stabilizedBearings,
+				PonderTag.CONTRAPTION_ACTOR);
+
 		// Gantries
 		PonderRegistry.addStoryBoard(AllBlocks.GANTRY_SHAFT, "gantry/intro", GantryScenes::introForShaft,
 			PonderTag.KINETIC_APPLIANCES, PonderTag.MOVEMENT_ANCHOR);

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/elements/WorldSectionElement.java

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class WorldSectionElement extends AnimatedSceneElement {
 	Vec3d prevAnimatedRotation = Vec3d.ZERO;
 	Vec3d animatedRotation = Vec3d.ZERO;
 	Vec3d centerOfRotation = Vec3d.ZERO;
+	Vec3d stabilizationAnchor = null;
 
 	BlockPos selectedBlock;
 
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ public class WorldSectionElement extends AnimatedSceneElement {
 		centerOfRotation = center;
 	}
 
+	public void stabilizeRotation(Vec3d anchor) {
+		stabilizationAnchor = anchor;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void reset(PonderScene scene) {
 		super.reset(scene);
@@ -194,11 +199,21 @@ public class WorldSectionElement extends AnimatedSceneElement {
 		if (!animatedRotation.equals(Vec3d.ZERO) || !prevAnimatedRotation.equals(Vec3d.ZERO)) {
 			if (centerOfRotation == null)
 				centerOfRotation = section.getCenter();
+			double rotX = MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.x, animatedRotation.x);
+			double rotZ = MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.z, animatedRotation.z);
+			double rotY = MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.y, animatedRotation.y);
 			in = in.subtract(centerOfRotation);
-			in = VecHelper.rotate(in, -MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.x, animatedRotation.x), Axis.X);
-			in = VecHelper.rotate(in, -MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.z, animatedRotation.z), Axis.Z);
-			in = VecHelper.rotate(in, -MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.y, animatedRotation.y), Axis.Y);
+			in = VecHelper.rotate(in, -rotX, Axis.X);
+			in = VecHelper.rotate(in, -rotZ, Axis.Z);
+			in = VecHelper.rotate(in, -rotY, Axis.Y);
 			in = in.add(centerOfRotation);
+			if (stabilizationAnchor != null) {
+				in = in.subtract(stabilizationAnchor);
+				in = VecHelper.rotate(in, rotX, Axis.X);
+				in = VecHelper.rotate(in, rotZ, Axis.Z);
+				in = VecHelper.rotate(in, rotY, Axis.Y);
+				in = in.add(stabilizationAnchor);
+			}
 		}
 		return in;
 	}
@@ -209,12 +224,23 @@ public class WorldSectionElement extends AnimatedSceneElement {
 		if (!animatedRotation.equals(Vec3d.ZERO) || !prevAnimatedRotation.equals(Vec3d.ZERO)) {
 			if (centerOfRotation == null)
 				centerOfRotation = section.getCenter();
+			double rotX = MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.x, animatedRotation.x);
+			double rotZ = MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.z, animatedRotation.z);
+			double rotY = MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.y, animatedRotation.y);
 			MatrixStacker.of(ms)
 				.translate(centerOfRotation)
-				.rotateX(MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.x, animatedRotation.x))
-				.rotateZ(MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.z, animatedRotation.z))
-				.rotateY(MathHelper.lerp(pt, prevAnimatedRotation.y, animatedRotation.y))
+				.rotateX(rotX)
+				.rotateZ(rotZ)
+				.rotateY(rotY)
 				.translateBack(centerOfRotation);
+			if (stabilizationAnchor != null) {
+				MatrixStacker.of(ms)
+					.translate(stabilizationAnchor)
+					.rotateX(-rotX)
+					.rotateZ(-rotZ)
+					.rotateY(-rotY)
+					.translateBack(stabilizationAnchor);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/instructions/DisplayWorldSectionInstruction.java

@@ -3,22 +3,33 @@ package com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.simibubi.create.content.contraptions.components.structureMovement.glue.SuperGlueItem;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.PonderScene;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.Selection;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.elements.WorldSectionElement;
 
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 
 public class DisplayWorldSectionInstruction extends FadeIntoSceneInstruction<WorldSectionElement> {
 
 	private Selection initialSelection;
 	private Optional<Supplier<WorldSectionElement>> mergeOnto;
+	private BlockPos glue;
 
 	public DisplayWorldSectionInstruction(int fadeInTicks, Direction fadeInFrom, Selection selection,
 		Optional<Supplier<WorldSectionElement>> mergeOnto) {
+		this(fadeInTicks, fadeInFrom, selection, mergeOnto, null);
+	}
+
+	public DisplayWorldSectionInstruction(int fadeInTicks, Direction fadeInFrom, Selection selection,
+		Optional<Supplier<WorldSectionElement>> mergeOnto, @Nullable BlockPos glue) {
 		super(fadeInTicks, fadeInFrom, new WorldSectionElement(selection));
 		initialSelection = selection;
 		this.mergeOnto = mergeOnto;
+		this.glue = glue;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -34,6 +45,8 @@ public class DisplayWorldSectionInstruction extends FadeIntoSceneInstruction<Wor
 		if (remainingTicks > 0)
 			return;
 		mergeOnto.ifPresent(c -> element.mergeOnto(c.get()));
+		if (glue != null)
+			SuperGlueItem.spawnParticles(scene.getWorld(), glue, fadeInFrom, true);
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/instructions/FadeIntoSceneInstruction.java

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.math.Vec3d;
 
 public abstract class FadeIntoSceneInstruction<T extends AnimatedSceneElement> extends TickingInstruction {
 
-	private Direction fadeInFrom;
+	protected Direction fadeInFrom;
 	protected T element;
 	private ElementLink<T> elementLink;
 

src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/ponder/instructions/HighlightValueBoxInstruction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.instructions;
+
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.PonderScene;
+import com.simibubi.create.foundation.ponder.content.PonderPalette;
+
+import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.Vec3d;
+
+public class HighlightValueBoxInstruction extends TickingInstruction {
+
+	private Vec3d vec;
+	private Vec3d expands;
+
+	public HighlightValueBoxInstruction(Vec3d vec, Vec3d expands, int duration) {
+		super(false, duration);
+		this.vec = vec;
+		this.expands = expands;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void tick(PonderScene scene) {
+		super.tick(scene);
+		AxisAlignedBB point = new AxisAlignedBB(vec, vec);
+		AxisAlignedBB expanded = point.grow(expands.x, expands.y, expands.z);
+		scene.getOutliner()
+			.chaseAABB(vec, remainingTicks == totalTicks ? point : expanded)
+			.lineWidth(1 / 32f)
+			.colored(PonderPalette.WHITE.getColor());
+	}
+
+}