RE: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Chris Chia
. It could be an easy fix ;) Chris From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Dominik Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1 Thx

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Rob Chapman
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Dominik Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1 Thx Rob for the reply, We finally switched to alembic until the next wall :). I keep the idea

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Peter Agg
be an easy fix ;) Chris From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Dominik Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1 Thx Rob

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Chris Chia
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1 Thx Rob for the reply, We finally switched to alembic until the next wall :). I keep the idea in my bag for when I'll have to face the next project

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Chris Chia
not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1 Thx Rob for the reply, We finally switched to alembic until the next wall :). I keep the idea in my bag for when I'll have to face the next project with Icecache ;). Cheer! Dominik Kirouac // SHED 3D Artist / FX - SIMULATION 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Chris Chia
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Dominik Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1 Thx Rob for the reply, We finally switched to alembic until the next wall :). I keep the idea

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Peter Agg
What sort of issues did you have with the MixerOp Ciaran, out of curiosity? On 15 August 2012 13:03, Ciaran Moloney moloney.cia...@gmail.com wrote: Don't use the mixer op (ever). On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Dominik Kirouac d...@shedmtl.com wrote: Hey Chris, Thanks to bear interest

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-15 Thread Dominik Kirouac
Hey Ciaran, So you don't use the cache manager to load you Sim cache? You use the cache on file node instead ? Does it means that you can't take advantage of the cachelist when you want to load caches for multiple pointclouds ? On 8/15/2012 8:03 AM, Ciaran Moloney wrote: Don't use the

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-14 Thread Bradley Gabe
This is a common issue that has existed in ICE since the very beginning, and it has easy workarounds, so you are in luck. 1) Create an ICE Tree above your ICE cache read operator on the cloud in the new scene. 2) Copy the branch that built your Shape Instances from the original tree you cached

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-14 Thread Dominik
Thanks Peter and Bradley for the help. It looks like forcing the instance shape after the load cache op work in mental ray but not in Arnold. At least for my scene and in 2013. On 8/14/2012 12:25 PM, Peter Agg wrote: iirc Instance shapes are stored using the ObjectID, something which

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-14 Thread Rob Chapman
ah Arnold, I see because fixing the instance shape after the cache applied has always happened for me when transferring to a new scene, its simple to fix and has always worked. normally Its just a pointer to which object to pick in a group. Think we have had some luck in the past with exporting a

Re: InstanceShape not cached correctly with 2013 Sp1

2012-08-14 Thread Dominik
Thx Rob for the reply, We finally switched to alembic until the next wall :). I keep the idea in my bag for when I'll have to face the next project with Icecache ;). Cheer! *Dominik Kirouac // SHED ** *3D Artist / FX - SIMULATION 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 T 514