Re: open/save override

2013-12-11 Thread Andreas Böinghoff
I'm also interested in overriding the save dialog. Has someone a working example in the meantime? Andreas On 11/18/2013 8:34 AM, Eric Turman wrote: Yes we have been doing so for quite a while now, but we leave the save as alone as a failsafe to be able to save without invoking and custom

Re: Static Turbulence

2013-12-11 Thread peter_b
assuming you used “turbulize mesh” – if you go inside the compound, and then inside the “turbulize around value” compound – you’ll see a “turbulence” node. That’s the one giving you the turbulence. You’ll see there is a “get_particle_position“ going into an “add” node, that goes into the

SI2012 crash on scene close: access violation in dsprsr.dll

2013-12-11 Thread Michael Heberlein
Hey list, We have many Softimage 2012 crashes, even with very simple scenes. The debugger identified dsprsr.dll as where an access violation happens, so I copied the same file from newer Softimage versions and with 2013 or later it works. So the question is, will it be safe to use this newer DLL

Re: SI2012 crash on scene close: access violation in dsprsr.dll

2013-12-11 Thread Eric Mootz
Hi Michael, what version of SI 2012 are you using exactly? SP1, SAP, none of them..? SI 2012 (no SP1, SAP) had quite a few bugs, that's why. Cheers, Eric - Original Message - From: Michael Heberlein To: Softimage List Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:48 PM Subject: SI2012 crash

Re: ICE deformation not rendering on the farm

2013-12-11 Thread Morten Bartholdy
No simulated trees. I will try the copy method and see what it does. MB Den 10. december 2013 kl. 16:55 skrev Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com: I've had really consistent results with ICE deformers over the years. Various little issues but nothing that would deter me from using them or

Re: SI2012 crash on scene close: access violation in dsprsr.dll

2013-12-11 Thread Stephen Blair
That scene doesn't crash Softimage 2012 SP1. But I don't have all the textures, or emFluid. dsprsr = ds parser for image file parsing On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Eric Mootz e...@mootzoid.com wrote: Hi Michael, what version of SI 2012 are you using exactly? SP1, SAP, none of them..?

Re: SI2012 crash on scene close: access violation in dsprsr.dll

2013-12-11 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
I find the thought of randomly copying a dll from another build of XSI revolting. it's crashing loading one of the images, as you can tell. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: That scene doesn't crash Softimage 2012 SP1. But I don't have all the

can you generate an object anywhere you want?

2013-12-11 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
Howdy folks, I'm trying to repair an old jscript. The primary command being used is ExtractFromComponents(ExtractPolygonsOp, , detachName, true, siImmediateOperation, siKeepGenOpInputs, null) I'm attempting to use a custom name for the resulting object in detachName which looks like this

RE: SI2012 crash on scene close: access violation in dsprsr.dll

2013-12-11 Thread Angus Davidson
The dont call it dll hell for nothing. To many unknowns appear when you just copy across dlls. It might fix your current issue but chances are you will get other possibly unfixable errors down the line. From: Luc-Eric Rousseau [luceri...@gmail.com]

Re: can you generate an object anywhere you want?

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Fregtman
The active Scene_Root is the default and only location for new objects created in this manner (and most other manners.) Also, separating with periods to define the hierarchy is not an actual convention. That said, it's trivial to use the .AddChild() method of any object to put one or more objects

OT FYI Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight

2013-12-11 Thread John Richard Sanchez
*Ddnt see thismposted here so sorry if it's a duplicate. Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight*. I have been going to the Maya user group in NYC pretty regularly and met lots of cool people. I cant even when the last XSI user group event in NY was.

Re: OT FYI Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight

2013-12-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Maya?? Well... One more abduction... El dic 11, 2013 11:22 AM, John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com escribió: *Ddnt see thismposted here so sorry if it's a duplicate. Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight*. I have been going to the Maya user group in

Re: OT FYI Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight

2013-12-11 Thread John Richard Sanchez
No he will be presenting Softimage. Sorry I forgot to put the link to the event. http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.comwrote: Maya?? Well... One more abduction... El dic 11, 2013 11:22 AM, John Richard Sanchez

Re: OT FYI Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight

2013-12-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Ohhh. Ok thx for the clarification. Well that is good news then! El dic 11, 2013 11:29 AM, John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com escribió: No he will be presenting Softimage. Sorry I forgot to put the link to the event. http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at

Re: Static Turbulence

2013-12-11 Thread olivier jeannel
Paul Smith propose something, I think in this video : https://vimeo.com/66054707 Le 11/12/2013 04:13, Eric Lampi a écrit : No it wouldn't, I misunderstood what he was using it with. Thanks Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 7:16

RE: can you generate an object anywhere you want?

2013-12-11 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
So I can name the file on output through the command via detachName, but I can't be sure if the name won't be incremented if it uses a name that matches an object that already exists for whatever reason. Is there a way to capture the resulting name? I've been unable to do this through

Re: can you generate an object anywhere you want?

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Fregtman
On the docs it tells you this command *uses output arguments* and *returns an ISIVTCollection which you can use to get the output arguments*. What this means is you can do: var dr_obj = ExtractFromComponents(ExtractPolygonsOp, , detachName, true, siImmediateOperation, siKeepGenOpInputs,

Re: SI2012 crash on scene close: access violation in dsprsr.dll

2013-12-11 Thread Michael Heberlein
Ok thanks everyone, looks like it was a good idea to be cautious about mixing versions.. ;) I had previously removed all images/clips from the scene but didn't notice they were still in that repro file. It was a Quicktime MOV that caused the crash and knowing this is great news for the render

Query Timeline Selected Region

2013-12-11 Thread Tony Barbieri
Hello! Does anyone know if it's possible and if so how to query the start and end frame of a selected region in the timeline? Thanks! -- -tony

Re: Query Timeline Selected Region

2013-12-11 Thread Eric Thivierge
It's not possible and I've requested it many times before... On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:05:19 PM, Tony Barbieri wrote: Hello! Does anyone know if it's possible and if so how to query the start and end frame of a selected region in the timeline? Thanks! -- -tony

Re: Query Timeline Selected Region

2013-12-11 Thread Tony Barbieri
Damn. Thanks Eric and hope all is well! -tony On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.comwrote: It's not possible and I've requested it many times before... On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:05:19 PM, Tony Barbieri wrote: Hello! Does anyone know if it's

Re: Query Timeline Selected Region

2013-12-11 Thread Eric Thivierge
It's not, cause we can't query the timeline region selection :P Things are well. Trying to grow my beard out to something 1/100th of the awesomeness of yours to keep warm up north here. Anywho, yeah devs... if you're listening, we need to be able to query this! Eric T. On Wednesday,

Re: Query Timeline Selected Region

2013-12-11 Thread Tony Barbieri
+1 for this feature. My current use case is for our custom capture tool and allowing it to query if there is a selected region in the timeline. If there is, it will only capture that range. I am able to currently support this in Maya and I'm hoping Softimage in a future version... On Wed, Dec

Pointer for Cage Deformer Logic/Implementation

2013-12-11 Thread Alok Gandhi
Hi All, Very soon, I am starting on my own generic custom cage deformer. A mix of C++/Cython/Python. I am thinking of implementing fast calculations on barycentric coordinates with affine transformations. I have some good papers (in my treasure trove but haven't checked it yet). Anyone suggest

Re: Pointer for Cage Deformer Logic/Implementation

2013-12-11 Thread Ben Houston
My knowledge is out of date, but off the top of my head Cage deformers are often written using a cubic interpolant rather than affine ones. If you use a grid cage you can use Bezier Volumes, which are just a generalization of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_surface. If you are

Re: OT FYI Mark Schonnagal will be presenting at the Maya User Group in NYC tonight

2013-12-11 Thread John Richard Sanchez
Wow that was a great presentation. I actually learned some new ice tricks that I didnt know. I also got a better idea on some of the workflows of getting ice into Maya. There will be a new webinar on it soon. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.comwrote: Ohhh. Ok