Modo has the nicest schematic view I've had the pleasure of using, after ICE. It still needs some work (it lacks any form of layout and management tools), but I believe this will change soon. Modo's schematic is based on "workspaces". These are basically viewports that provide a view into a part of the scene. You can drag anything you need into them, and see only relevant nodes for whatever you're working on. You can have as many workspaces as you need. You can graph node relationships, shaders, particle simulations, dynamic simulations, etc. Modo still lacks a bit in support for certain types of nodes (not much available in the matrix department), and there is no exposure yet for mesh data, but as soon as that is supported, you'll be able to do a lot of what's available in ICE. I can already do everything that I could do with ICE kinematics (considering the limitations... like no matrix math nodes), which is a lot. I've actually been replicating some of ICE's compounds as Assemblies in Modo (Modo's term for a compound), I have a bunch of videos I've been doing in the past few months, and in a lot of them, I use the schematic view. So, if you're curious, you can check some more here...
https://vimeo.com/maxtd/videos ---- Sergio Mucino On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > For those folks who haven’t seen them in action you can have a look at > the videos at > > http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/modo/latest-version/ > > Its like a great playpen. If you want to can drag what your interested > into the workspace and just start exploring, > > To me it makes me want to use them , rather then trying to avoid it. > > > > From: Sebastien Sterling <sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" < > softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Date: Tuesday 15 July 2014 at 5:52 PM > To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: Maya 2015 Node Editor > > Really Angus ? do tell of these Modo nodes :) > > > On 15 July 2014 16:47, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > >> I don靖 think that is a solution at all. Ice has a workflow and the ice >> node editor compliments it very well. It doesn靖 mean its the right thing >> for the maya Node editor though. The main issue in Maya is actually >> defining what it is would be useful for people to be spending their time >> doing in a new Node editor 2.0 >> >> That been said , working in Modo零 nodes are a absolute joy ;) >> >> >> >> On 2014/07/15, 5:29 PM, "Gerbrand Nel" <nagv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >well, you could make it work like ice :P >> >On 2014/07/15 05:07 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: >> >> Define "make it better"? >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Eric Mootz <e...@mootzoid.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, guys. >> >>> I had already used the node editor in Maya 2014 and yes, it is far >> >>>better >> >>> than the hypergraph, but still... it's not good at all. Had hoped that >> >>>they >> >>> would make that better, but no. >> >>> >> > >> >> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" >> style="width:100%;"> >> <tr> >> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font >> face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span >> style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee >> only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, >> please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not >> copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the >> University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into >> agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that >> the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University >> and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are >> not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the >> Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and >> outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in >> writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> >> </tr> >> </table> >> >> >> > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is > confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or > disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only > authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of > the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this > message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the > personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the > views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All > agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African > Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > >
