Re: test, maybe a solution for those not receiving?

[Eric Thivierge]

I unsubscribed and resubscribed my gmail account and still have no luck.
Can the AD folks check the mail server please? Even if we can just whittle
it down to being a problem with Google, not the AD server that would be
great.


Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Oscar Juarez]

I have Google+ and it's working

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Alok Gandhi wrote:

>  One my friends and co-worker Renaud brought this to notice, his gmail is
> working but he is not on google+. So maybe all google accounts with google+
> are having this issue, as I am on google+
>
>
> On 25/05/2012 1:18 PM, Oscar Juarez wrote:
>
> I'm on gmail and it's working too
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alok Gandhi wrote:
>
>>  Oh I see, then it may be something else, personally my gmail account is
>> not working for sure.
>>
>>
>> On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for example is
>> fine. have been able to see , send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve
>> and google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be threads that I can
>> see from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com that do not appear on the
>> google groups list.
>>
>> Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with gmail
>> account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of traffic about
>> it on the internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning this recent
>> outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be google's fault though :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi  wrote:
>>
>>>  It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although
>>> non-gmail accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google might be
>>> causing this I guess.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
>>>
>>> I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com - still not
>>> recieving any mail. Can send to the list ok.
>>>
>>>  Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)
>>>
>>>  matt
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>> www.matinai.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>
<><><>

RE: Image Based Modeling

[Matt Lind]

Realviz had a program that did that.  Autodesk acquired Realviz and now owns 
it.  Might want to check your softimage installer to see if it was included 
with your cut of Realviz Matchmover.


Matt




From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 8:48 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: OT: Image Based Modeling

At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a panel where one of the larger houses(Weta, Sony?) 
showed some very nice image based modeling solutions off. They had an array of 
cameras that took around 300 stills of an object and then they were able to 
generate very dense meshes with albedo maps. Does anyone remember the name of 
that or is it even a commercial product? I looked back over my notes and 
couldn't find a name anywhere.

Thanks,
Byron

Re: OT: Image Based Modeling

[Stephen Davidson]

One last thing

If you are going to model from a series of photos, you will need to deal
with camera lens
distortions in the photos that you use for reference.

here is a good tutorial on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xZFjo1aIQc


On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Byron Nash  wrote:

> At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a panel where one of the larger houses(Weta,
> Sony?) showed some very nice image based modeling solutions off. They had
> an array of cameras that took around 300 stills of an object and then they
> were able to generate very dense meshes with albedo maps. Does anyone
> remember the name of that or is it even a commercial product? I looked back
> over my notes and couldn't find a name anywhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Byron
>



-- 

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   **(954) 552-7956
*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com




My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours?

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Re: OT: Image Based Modeling

[olivier jeannel]

  
  
Paul Smith is using Agisoft Photoscan in this tut
https://vimeo.com/42633249

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4BUrEBvhA



Le 25/05/2012 23:29, Stephen Davidson a écrit :
Be aware that this app does not handle shiny or
  transparent object well.
  Nothing that a can of flat grey spray paint can't fix. :)
  
  
  This app is very good, but I have been looking for a decent
image based modeling
  program for quite some time. They all seem to be more aimed
at Architectural modeling.
  
  
  
  
  3DSOM 
http://www.3dsom.com/ 
is fairly good, although it has issues with undercuts.
  This is because it uses a series of silhouettes, of the
object, to create the mesh.
  
  
  Photomodeler 
http://www.photomodeler.com/ 
is also very good. You will spend a lot of time
  calibrating your camera. I find it is good to make general
shapes as reference, but any detailed
  modeling is too labor intensive.
  
  
  I still find that 3 or 4 locked down camera views with
rotoscoped images, where
  the Softimage camera matches the photo camera is the best
method for product modeling.
  Maybe it is because I am so used to the modeling tools in
Softimage.
  
  
  I use a printed grid scale, on the floor, to help with the
scale references.
  
  
  I am always looking for new methods to help speed up the
process, though.

  On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Alok
Gandhi 
wrote:

   Don't know about
SIGGRAPH one, but here is something similar:
http://www.123dapp.com/catch

  

   
On 25/05/2012 11:47 AM, Byron Nash wrote:
At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a
  panel where one of the larger houses(Weta, Sony?)
  showed some very nice image based modeling
  solutions off. They had an array of cameras that
  took around 300 stills of an object and then they
  were able to generate very dense meshes with
  albedo maps. Does anyone remember the name of that
  or is it even a commercial product? I looked back
  over my notes and couldn't find a name anywhere. 
   
  
  Thanks,
  Byron

  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  -- 
  
  
Best Regards,
    Stephen P. Davidson 
         (954) 552-7956
    sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com


  
  My Website is GREEN,
  Is yours?

  
  

  


  

Re: OT: Image Based Modeling

[Stephen Davidson]

I forgot to add a link for the open source image based modeling software
called insight3D.
This one is also geared toward architectural modeling, but could be used
for other purposes.

http://insight3d.sourceforge.net/



On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Byron Nash  wrote:

> At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a panel where one of the larger houses(Weta,
> Sony?) showed some very nice image based modeling solutions off. They had
> an array of cameras that took around 300 stills of an object and then they
> were able to generate very dense meshes with albedo maps. Does anyone
> remember the name of that or is it even a commercial product? I looked back
> over my notes and couldn't find a name anywhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Byron
>



-- 

Best Regards,
*  Stephen P. Davidson**
   **(954) 552-7956
*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com




My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours?

[image: affiliate_link] 

Re: OT: Image Based Modeling

[Stephen Davidson]

Be aware that this app does not handle shiny or transparent object well.
Nothing that a can of flat grey spray paint can't fix. :)

This app is very good, but I have been looking for a decent image based
modeling
program for quite some time. They all seem to be more aimed
at Architectural modeling.


3DSOM  http://www.3dsom.com/  is fairly good, although it has issues with
undercuts.
This is because it uses a series of silhouettes, of the object, to create
the mesh.

Photomodeler  http://www.photomodeler.com/  is also very good. You will
spend a lot of time
calibrating your camera. I find it is good to make general shapes as
reference, but any detailed
modeling is too labor intensive.

I still find that 3 or 4 locked down camera views with rotoscoped images,
where
the Softimage camera matches the photo camera is the best method for
product modeling.
Maybe it is because I am so used to the modeling tools in Softimage.

I use a printed grid scale, on the floor, to help with the scale references.

I am always looking for new methods to help speed up the process, though.

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Alok Gandhi wrote:

>  Don't know about SIGGRAPH one, but here is something similar:
> http://www.123dapp.com/catch
>
>
> On 25/05/2012 11:47 AM, Byron Nash wrote:
>
> At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a panel where one of the larger houses(Weta,
> Sony?) showed some very nice image based modeling solutions off. They had
> an array of cameras that took around 300 stills of an object and then they
> were able to generate very dense meshes with albedo maps. Does anyone
> remember the name of that or is it even a commercial product? I looked back
> over my notes and couldn't find a name anywhere.
>
>  Thanks,
> Byron
>
>


-- 

Best Regards,
*  Stephen P. Davidson**
   **(954) 552-7956
*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com




My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours?

[image: affiliate_link] 
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RE: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Sven Constable]

I had problems not receiving mails a few weeks ago and I'm also receiving
directly from the listserver since 2001. Thought it was related to a newer
version of a recently installed version of outlook but a couple days later
all went back to normal. And I didn't change a thing. Maybe we should all
sit back and take an outage from our 3d work a few days? Hehe

 

 

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 20:56
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

 

directly through softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com. And for the last 2
years never had a problem.





On 25/05/2012 2:43 PM, Grahame Fuller wrote: 

Did you subscribe directly to softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

, or via the Google group?
 
gray
 
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 02:35 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!
 
One my friends and co-worker Renaud brought this to notice, his gmail is
working but he is not on google+. So maybe all google accounts with google+
are having this issue, as I am on google+
 
[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]
 
On 25/05/2012 1:18 PM, Oscar Juarez wrote:
I'm on gmail and it's working too
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alok Gandhi mailto:alok.gan...@modusfx.com> > wrote:
Oh I see, then it may be something else, personally my gmail account is not
working for sure.
 
[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]
 
On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
 Hi,
 
that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for example is fine.
have been able to see , send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve and
google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be threads that I can see
from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com

 that do not appear on the google
groups list.
 
Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with gmail
account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of traffic about it
on the internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning this recent
outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be google's fault though :)
 
 
 
On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi mailto:alok.gan...@modusfx.com> > wrote:
It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although non-gmail
accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google might be causing
this I guess.
 
[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]
 
On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com
  - still not recieving
any mail. Can send to the list ok.
 
Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)
 
matt
 
 
--
www.matinai.com  
 
 
<>

Fixed my email ...

[Dana Smith]

FYI - I simply unsubscribed/re-subscribed my work email and things seem to be 
working fine again.

Dana L. Smith
Technical Infrastructure Management
SAS
(919) 531-4116
dana.sm...@sas.com
http://www.sas.com

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Alok Gandhi]

  
  
directly through softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com. And for
the last 2 years never had a problem.

  

On 25/05/2012 2:43 PM, Grahame Fuller wrote:

  Did you subscribe directly to softimage@listproc.autodesk.com, or via the Google group?

gray

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 02:35 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

One my friends and co-worker Renaud brought this to notice, his gmail is working but he is not on google+. So maybe all google accounts with google+ are having this issue, as I am on google+

[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]

On 25/05/2012 1:18 PM, Oscar Juarez wrote:
I'm on gmail and it's working too
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alok Gandhi  wrote:
Oh I see, then it may be something else, personally my gmail account is not working for sure.

[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]

On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
 Hi,

that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for example is fine. have been able to see , send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve and google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be threads that I can see from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com that do not appear on the google groups list.

Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with gmail account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of traffic about it on the internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning this recent outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be google's fault though :)



On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi  wrote:
It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although non-gmail accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google might be causing this I guess.

[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]

On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com - still not recieving any mail. Can send to the list ok.

Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)

matt


--
www.matinai.com




  

RE: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Grahame Fuller]

Did you subscribe directly to 
softimage@listproc.autodesk.com, or via 
the Google group?

gray

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 02:35 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

One my friends and co-worker Renaud brought this to notice, his gmail is 
working but he is not on google+. So maybe all google accounts with google+ are 
having this issue, as I am on google+

[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]

On 25/05/2012 1:18 PM, Oscar Juarez wrote:
I'm on gmail and it's working too
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alok Gandhi 
mailto:alok.gan...@modusfx.com>> wrote:
Oh I see, then it may be something else, personally my gmail account is not 
working for sure.

[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]

On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
 Hi,

that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for example is fine. 
have been able to see , send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve and 
google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be threads that I can see from 
softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com that do 
not appear on the google groups list.

Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with gmail 
account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of traffic about it on 
the internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning this recent 
outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be google's fault though :)



On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi 
mailto:alok.gan...@modusfx.com>> wrote:
It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although non-gmail 
accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google might be causing this 
I guess.

[cid:image001.gif@01CD3A84.C93A55F0]

On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with 
matt...@gmail.com - still not recieving any mail. Can 
send to the list ok.

Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)

matt


--
www.matinai.com


<>

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Alok Gandhi]

  
  
One my friends and co-worker Renaud brought this to notice, his
gmail is working but he is not on google+. So maybe all google
accounts with google+ are having this issue, as I am on google+

  

On 25/05/2012 1:18 PM, Oscar Juarez wrote:
I'm on gmail and it's working too
  
  On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alok
Gandhi 
wrote:

   Oh I see, then it may
be something else, personally my gmail account is not
working for sure.

  

   
On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
 Hi,
  
  that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts. 
  mine, for example is fine. have been able to see ,
  send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve and
  google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be
  threads that I can see from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com
  that do not appear on the google groups list. 
  
  Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar
  happened with gmail account info being lost about a
  year ago there was a lot of traffic about it on the
  internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning
  this recent outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be
  google's fault though :)
  
  
  
  
  On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok
Gandhi 
wrote:

   It seems
that all gmail accounts have the same problems.
Although non-gmail accounts are working fine.
Some big update on the google might be causing
this I guess.

  

   
On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
I unsubscribed, and
  re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com -
  still not recieving any mail. Can send to
  the list ok.
  
  
  Any ideas? (will check the web
archive for replies ;)
  
  
  matt
  


-- 
www.matinai.com
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  

Re: Friday Flashback

[Steven Caron]

thats hilarious

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Grahame Fuller  wrote:

> XSI got a couple of things out of its development, including the Fold
> operator and the Drag & drop models at cursor location preference.
>
>

Re: OT: Image Based Modeling

[Alok Gandhi]

  
  
Don't know about SIGGRAPH one, but here is something similar:
http://www.123dapp.com/catch

  

On 25/05/2012 11:47 AM, Byron Nash wrote:
At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a panel where one of the
  larger houses(Weta, Sony?) showed some very nice image based
  modeling solutions off. They had an array of cameras that took
  around 300 stills of an object and then they were able to generate
  very dense meshes with albedo maps. Does anyone remember the name
  of that or is it even a commercial product? I looked back over my
  notes and couldn't find a name anywhere. 
  

  
  Thanks,
  Byron

  

RE: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

[Sean Donnelly]

I would try this:
- put back the x11patch
- disable the ogl-viewports
- important step: delete your user preference and mainwin temp folders, 
something like so:
rm -rf ~/Autodesk/Softimage_2013 /var/tmp/Mw_{username}
- then try xsi

If this works then it's most likely related to your video driver.  How did you 
install the nvidia driver?

Sean

-Original Message-
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:55 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

Hey Sean,

thanks for jumping in and helping out! this actually helped a lot to narrow the 
problem down..

if i try what you suggested then soft starts up (very slowly) and gets past the 
splashscreen, opens the netview and then segfaults the moment the ogl-viewports 
are drawn.

disabling the ogl-viewports (via this description ->
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14691242&linkID=12544120)
lets me fully start softimage, it takes ages and i can't do a thing without 
ogl-views, but there are no segfaults and no freezing.. so that's a partial 
success, i guess :)

interestingly enough, if if just disable the the ogl-viewports without removing 
the x11-patch then soft freezes up right after the splashscreen again..

here is the end of the segfault-strace, i can provide the full log (which is 
over 17megs) if necessary...


[...]
stat("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/Softimage_2013/_DSRTL.MTT",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=38808, ...}) = 0 
chmod("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/Softimage_2013/DSRTL.MTT", 0100664) = 0 
lstat("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/Softimage_2013/wireframe5d7beea2a52d11e135f74f68.bt",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=2539, ...}) = 0
close(43)   = 0
write(27, "Failed to save scene before syst"..., 43) = 43
write(27, "\n", 1)  = 1
lseek(45, 1024, SEEK_SET)   = 1024
write(45, "R\0o\0o\0t\0 \0E\0n\0t\0r\0y\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
512) = 512
close(45)   = 0
stat("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/ViewSetup.DSViewSettings",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1536, ...}) = 0 
access("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/ViewSetup.DSViewSettings", W_OK) = 0
unlink("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/ViewSetup.DSViewSettings") = 0
munmap(0x7fa15004c000, 16384)   = 0
unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF295.1052890.tmp.53")
= 0
munmap(0x7fa11e4f7000, 2097152) = 0
unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF295.1052890.tmp.52")
= 0
lseek(55, 1024, SEEK_SET)   = 1024
write(55, "R\0o\0o\0t\0 \0E\0n\0t\0r\0y\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
512) = 512
close(55)   = 0
stat("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/ViewSetupSequence.DSViewSettings",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1536, ...}) = 0 
access("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/ViewSetupSequence.DSViewSettings", W_OK) = 0
unlink("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/ViewSetupSequence.DSViewSettings") = 0
munmap(0x7fa1495f6000, 16384)   = 0
unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF295.1052890.tmp.56")
= 0
munmap(0x7fa1197cf000, 2097152) = 0
unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF295.1052890.tmp.55")
= 0
sched_yield()   = 0
--- {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SEGV_MAPERR, si_addr=0} (Segmentation
fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++


has anyone any idea on how to proceed from here?

(thanks for hanging on in there with me!)

cheers!
chris


On 05/23/2012 10:35 PM, Sean Donnelly wrote:
> Are you still stuck at the problem where once you start XSI it shows the 
> splashscreen and then hangs?  If so then you can try removing the X11 patch 
> by editing the " ${MWHOME}/scripts/.mwenv" file and looking for the x11patch 
> line.  There you should see where it checks for various fedora versions and 
> sets the x11patch for fc14.  You could temporarily comment that line (should 
> be line 17) and then source the .xsi??? file again.  This will remove that 
> X11 patch folder from your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Now see if XSI starts up 
> correctly.
>
> Note: without this patch you may notice viewport performance problems.  So 
> this should not be used as a permanent solution to your problem.
>
> Sean
>
> -Original Message-
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of 
> Christoph Muetze
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:50 AM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!
>
> yes, i have...
>
> On 05/23/2012 05:36 PM, Sean Donnelly wrote:
>> Have you disabled selinux?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
>> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of 
>> Christoph Muetze
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:13 AM
>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.co

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Oscar Juarez]

I'm on gmail and it's working too

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alok Gandhi wrote:

>  Oh I see, then it may be something else, personally my gmail account is
> not working for sure.
>
>
> On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for example is
> fine. have been able to see , send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve
> and google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be threads that I can
> see from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com that do not appear on the google
> groups list.
>
> Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with gmail
> account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of traffic about
> it on the internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning this recent
> outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be google's fault though :)
>
>
>
>
> On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi  wrote:
>
>>  It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although
>> non-gmail accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google might be
>> causing this I guess.
>>
>>
>> On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
>>
>> I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com - still not
>> recieving any mail. Can send to the list ok.
>>
>>  Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)
>>
>>  matt
>>
>>
>>  --
>> www.matinai.com
>>
>>
>
<><>

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

[Oscar Juarez]

How did you install the graphic drivers? Did you only install the RPMFusion
drivers?

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

> **
>
> Damn, this sounds like a nightmare...
>
> Have you tried:
>
>  - different Window managers (kde, gnome, xfce, fluxbox)
>
>  - SI 2012 (not sure if you could run it with your license)
>
>  - a different machine/graphicscard (just to see if it's somehow hardware
> related)
>
>  - ...contacting support (what do they say)
>
>  ?
>
>
> Christoph Muetze  hat am 24. Mai 2012 um 10:37
> geschrieben:
>
> > Hi Xavier,
> >
> > /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname are exactly how they should be - as far as
> > i can tell. the license is served and the program starts halfway through
> > before either freezing up or segfaulting (depending on the situation
> > (see previous posts)).
> >
> > the problem you suggest is softimage crashing because either the first
> > line of /etc/hosts doesn't start with 127.0.0.1... or the machinename is
> > missing from the hosts files, which is not the case here..
> >
> > and i checked all the xsisupport-blog articles of course. still, no luck
> > getting soft to run :(
> >
> > cheers!
> > chris
> >
> > On 05/24/2012 05:52 AM, Xavier Lapointe wrote:
> > > Not sure it's going to help here, but make sure that your /etc/host
> has not
> > > being regenerated by the Network Manager. It does happen on CentOS 6,
> not
> > > sure about Fedora 14. You can prevent this from happening by running
> this
> > > command as root:
> > >
> > > chattr +i /etc/hosts
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, make sure you did all the fixes mentioned on the xsi support
> blog.
> > >
> > > One of them:
> > >
> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/the-case-of-the-slow-2011-startup-on-fedora-14/
> > >
> > > But I would think that it should be pretty straight forward on FC14
> ...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2012/5/23 Christoph Muetze
> > >
> > >> Hey Sean,
> > >>
> > >> thanks for jumping in and helping out! this actually helped a lot to
> > >> narrow the problem down..
> > >>
> > >> if i try what you suggested then soft starts up (very slowly) and
> gets
> > >> past the splashscreen, opens the netview and then segfaults the
> moment the
> > >> ogl-viewports are drawn.
> > >>
> > >> disabling the ogl-viewports (via this description ->
> > >> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/**servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=**
> > >> 123112&id=14691242&linkID=**12544120<
> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14691242&linkID=12544120>)
>
> > >> lets me fully start softimage, it takes ages and i can't do a thing
> without
> > >> ogl-views, but there are no segfaults and no freezing.. so that's a
> partial
> > >> success, i guess :)
> > >>
> > >> interestingly enough, if if just disable the the ogl-viewports
> without
> > >> removing the x11-patch then soft freezes up right after the
> splashscreen
> > >> again..
> > >>
> > >> here is the end of the segfault-strace, i can provide the full log
> (which
> > >> is over 17megs) if necessary...
> > >>
> > >> 
> > >> [...]
> > >> stat("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/**Softimage_2013/_DSRTL.MTT",
> > >> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=38808, ...}) = 0
> > >> chmod("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/**Softimage_2013/DSRTL.MTT", 0100664) = 0
> > >> lstat("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/**Softimage_2013/wireframe5d7bee**
> > >> a2a52d11e135f74f68.bt",
> > >> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=2539, ...}) = 0
> > >> close(43)   = 0
> > >> write(27, "Failed to save scene before syst"..., 43) = 43
> > >> write(27, "\n", 1)  = 1
> > >> lseek(45, 1024, SEEK_SET)   = 1024
> > >> write(45, "R\0o\0o\0t\0
> \0E\0n\0t\0r\0y\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\**0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
> > >> 512) = 512
> > >> close(45)   = 0
> > >> stat("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/**ViewSetup.DSViewSettings",
> > >> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1536, ...}) = 0
> > >> access("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetup.**DSViewSettings", W_OK)
> = 0
> > >> unlink("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetup.**DSViewSettings") = 0
> > >> munmap(0x7fa15004c000, 16384)   = 0
> > >>
> unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/**B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF2**95.1052890.tmp.53")
>
> > >> = 0
> > >> munmap(0x7fa11e4f7000, 2097152) = 0
> > >>
> unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/**B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF2**95.1052890.tmp.52")
>
> > >> = 0
> > >> lseek(55, 1024, SEEK_SET)   = 1024
> > >> write(55, "R\0o\0o\0t\0
> \0E\0n\0t\0r\0y\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\**0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
> > >> 512) = 512
> > >> close(55)   = 0
> > >> stat("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/**ViewSetupSequence.**DSViewSettings",
> > >> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1536, ...}) = 0
> > >>
> access("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetupSequence.**DSViewSettings",
> > >> W_OK) = 0
> > >>
> unlink("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetupSequence.**DSViewSettings") = 0
> > >> munmap(0x7fa1495f6000, 16384)   = 0
> > >>
> unlink("/

RE: OT: hulk smash

[Williams, Wayne]

I'm going to guess Jonas Thornqvist but not 100% sure.

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of David Saber
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 12:41 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: OT: hulk smash

Is this your work Adrian?



From: adrian wyer
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:56 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: OT: hulk smash


5k renders

http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/1144/622571-hulk.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120507025617/marvelmovies/images/d/d0/TheAvengers_Hulk2.jpg

you're welcome

a

Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
75-77 Margaret St.
London
W1W 8SY
++44(0) 207 580 0829

blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com
www.fluid-pictures.comhttp://www.fluid-pictures.com/>

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VAT number: 872 6893 71

Re: Ice polymesh not retaining UV's when frozen.

[Adam Seeley]

Also just a heads up for anyone using this to bake out instanced meshes.

I also used the

"Copy Weights and Color from instance to mesh" by Andrey Maximov


compounds to transfer the particle colours to a CAV property map which means 
you can mix in some randomness to the textures in the Rendertree.

https://vimeo.com/30746306

and on

http://rray.de/xsi/


Cheers,

Adam.





 From: Ciaran Moloney 
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012, 16:31
Subject: Re: Ice polymesh not retaining UV's when frozen.
 

It doesn't transfer the UVs to a cluster property, instead they get stored in 
an ICE vector attribute. Freezing has retained this attribute for me in the 
past.

Ciaran




On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Adam Seeley  wrote:

Hi,
>
>
>question of the day...
>
>
>I've created an Ice Polymesh using the "Create Copies From Polygon Mesh", 
>using a particle cloud and some source Geo with a set of UV's.
>
>
>
>The UV's transfer over nicely to the duplicated version.
>
>
>When I freeze the Ice Polymsh, it loses the UV's.
>
>
>Can retain those UVs as a baked UV texture property?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Adam.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Daniel H 
>To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
>Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012, 14:01
>Subject: Re: Is the list still working?
> 
>
>Anyone cut off from this list has been aggressively terminated via digital 
>selection through the Web's new rogue intelligence program U-N-C-O-E-X-I-S-T.
>
>Daniel
>VFXM
>
>"My country can bench press your country with one arm."
>
>
>

Re: OT: hulk smash

[David Saber]

Is this your work Adrian?



From: adrian wyer 
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:56 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Subject: OT: hulk smash

 

5k renders

 

http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/1144/622571-hulk.jpg

 

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120507025617/marvelmovies/images/d/d0/TheAvengers_Hulk2.jpg

 

you're welcome

 

a

 

Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
75-77 Margaret St.
London
W1W 8SY 
++44(0) 207 580 0829 


blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com

www.fluid-pictures.com 

 

Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales.
Company number:5657815
VAT number: 872 6893 71

 

RE: Extrud questions

[Manny Papamanos]

I suggest using a long grid surface as a base instead of curves.
Perhaps this will help , if I understand correctly:
http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=45923;start=15

-manny

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Szabolcs Matefy
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 8:51 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Extrud questions

Hey folks,

Does anybody know, if there is solution to the following issue. I have a 
minigun and an ammo backpack. I have to make the ammo belt. I have to make 
sure, that the beginning and the ending cross-section fits into the slots. 
Technically I want to make sure, that the extrusion starts from a given profile 
and ends in a given profile without any roll and so on that used the happen in 
XSI.

Huh


Cheers


Szabolcs
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Re: Ice polymesh not retaining UV's when frozen.

[Adam Seeley]

Aha,

Plugged the "TextureMap" property (derived from the Ice mesh creator I assume) 
into the "UVW" property of a new UV Projection map and all is good on Friday 
afteroon.

Thanks Ciaran,


Adam.






 From: Ciaran Moloney 
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012, 16:31
Subject: Re: Ice polymesh not retaining UV's when frozen.
 

It doesn't transfer the UVs to a cluster property, instead they get stored in 
an ICE vector attribute. Freezing has retained this attribute for me in the 
past.

Ciaran




On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Adam Seeley  wrote:

Hi,
>
>
>question of the day...
>
>
>I've created an Ice Polymesh using the "Create Copies From Polygon Mesh", 
>using a particle cloud and some source Geo with a set of UV's.
>
>
>
>The UV's transfer over nicely to the duplicated version.
>
>
>When I freeze the Ice Polymsh, it loses the UV's.
>
>
>Can retain those UVs as a baked UV texture property?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Adam.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Daniel H 
>To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
>Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012, 14:01
>Subject: Re: Is the list still working?
> 
>
>Anyone cut off from this list has been aggressively terminated via digital 
>selection through the Web's new rogue intelligence program U-N-C-O-E-X-I-S-T.
>
>Daniel
>VFXM
>
>"My country can bench press your country with one arm."
>
>
>

OT: Image Based Modeling

[Byron Nash]

At SIGGRAPH 2011 there was a panel where one of the larger houses(Weta,
Sony?) showed some very nice image based modeling solutions off. They had
an array of cameras that took around 300 stills of an object and then they
were able to generate very dense meshes with albedo maps. Does anyone
remember the name of that or is it even a commercial product? I looked back
over my notes and couldn't find a name anywhere.

Thanks,
Byron

Re: Ice polymesh not retaining UV's when frozen.

[Ciaran Moloney]

It doesn't transfer the UVs to a cluster property, instead they get stored
in an ICE vector attribute. Freezing has retained this attribute for me in
the past.

Ciaran



On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Adam Seeley  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> question of the day...
>
> I've created an Ice Polymesh using the "Create Copies From Polygon Mesh",
> using a particle cloud and some source Geo with a set of UV's.
>
> The UV's transfer over nicely to the duplicated version.
>
> When I freeze the Ice Polymsh, it loses the UV's.
>
> Can retain those UVs as a baked UV texture property?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam.
>
>   --
> *From:* Daniel H 
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Sent:* Friday, 25 May 2012, 14:01
> *Subject:* Re: Is the list still working?
>
> Anyone cut off from this list has been aggressively terminated via digital
> selection through the Web's new rogue intelligence program
> U-N-C-O-E-X-I-S-T.
>
> Daniel
> VFXM
>
> "My country can bench press your country with one arm."
>
>
>

Ice polymesh not retaining UV's when frozen.

[Adam Seeley]

Hi,

question of the day...


I've created an Ice Polymesh using the "Create Copies From Polygon Mesh", using 
a particle cloud and some source Geo with a set of UV's.


The UV's transfer over nicely to the duplicated version.

When I freeze the Ice Polymsh, it loses the UV's.

Can retain those UVs as a baked UV texture property?

Thanks,

Adam.




 From: Daniel H 
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012, 14:01
Subject: Re: Is the list still working?
 

Anyone cut off from this list has been aggressively terminated via digital 
selection through the Web's new rogue intelligence program U-N-C-O-E-X-I-S-T.

Daniel
VFXM

"My country can bench press your country with one arm."

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Alok Gandhi]

  
  
Oh I see, then it may be something else, personally my gmail account
is not working for sure.

  

On 25/05/2012 10:30 AM, Rob Chapman wrote:
 Hi,
  
  that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for
  example is fine. have been able to see , send & receive emails
  from Autodesk listserve and google groups archive.  In fact there
  seems to be threads that I can see from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com
  that do not appear on the google groups list. 
  
  Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with
  gmail account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of
  traffic about it on the internets, there doesnt appear to be any
  concerning this recent outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be
  google's fault though :)
  
  
  
  
  On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi 
wrote:

   It seems that all gmail
accounts have the same problems. Although non-gmail accounts
are working fine. Some big update on the google might be
causing this I guess.

  

   
On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
I unsubscribed, and
  re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com
  - still not recieving any mail. Can send to the list
  ok.
  
  
  Any ideas? (will check the web archive for
replies ;)
  
  
  matt
  


-- 
www.matinai.com
  

  

  

  
  

  

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Rob Chapman]

 Hi,

that would be some but not *all* gmail accounts.  mine, for example is
fine. have been able to see , send & receive emails from Autodesk listserve
and google groups archive.  In fact there seems to be threads that I can
see from softimage@listproc.Autodesk.com that do not appear on the google
groups list.

Are you sure its google to blame - last time similar happened with gmail
account info being lost about a year ago there was a lot of traffic about
it on the internets, there doesnt appear to be any concerning this recent
outbreak...?  am not saying it couldnt be google's fault though :)




On 25 May 2012 15:13, Alok Gandhi  wrote:

>  It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although
> non-gmail accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google might be
> causing this I guess.
>
>
> On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
>
> I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com - still not
> recieving any mail. Can send to the list ok.
>
>  Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)
>
>  matt
>
>
>  --
> www.matinai.com
>
>
<>

Re: still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Alok Gandhi]

  
  
It seems that all gmail accounts have the same problems. Although
non-gmail accounts are working fine. Some big update on the google
might be causing this I guess.

  

On 25/05/2012 10:07 AM, Matt Morris wrote:
I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com
  - still not recieving any mail. Can send to the list ok.
  
  
  Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)
  
  
  matt
  


-- 
www.matinai.com
  

  

still have issues with mail - sorry not very friday thread!

[Matt Morris]

I unsubscribed, and re-subscribed with matt...@gmail.com - still not
recieving any mail. Can send to the list ok.

Any ideas? (will check the web archive for replies ;)

matt


-- 
www.matinai.com

softimage in fxguide

[rui santos]

(sorry..the last email slipped out before adding a subject)

Hi,

Just to point out a great interview in fxguide featuring glassworks and
their work on a tvspot using softimage and ice...nice stuff!

http://www.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-147-fmx-virtual-production/

later..
Rui

www.ruisantos3d.com

Re: Split ice cloud into randomised collections.

[Adam Seeley]

Ah yes, I was being a little dense...

Thanks,


A.




 From: "pete...@skynet.be" 
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2012, 19:51
Subject: Re: Split ice cloud into randomised collections.
 
not sure what you are trying to achieve - but I think you might use state_ID.

assign a random state ID to the particles, (eg. random value > scalar to 
integer > set data state_ID) or using modulo indeed.
and then use a select_case node, driven by get data > state_ID
this way you can manipulate them independently very well - the different cases 
are the different states.

its usefull in a number of ways, for instance in the case node you can have a 
different value for each case to drive any parameter.
or you can plug for instance different forces in each case
or have an execute node and a whole network in each case.
you can plug a different instance shape node in each one.
there is a ton you can achieve with this approach without using a state_machine.




-Original Message- From: Chris Chia
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:11 PM
To: Adam Seeley ; 
Subject: Re: Split ice cloud into randomised collections.

You could get the groups' name (from the multiple groups you have created) and 
set a custom data using set data node.

Then your point cloud will inherit this data.

Cheers.

Regards,
Chris Chia


On 24 May, 2012, at 6:39 PM, "Adam Seeley" 
mailto:adam_see...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Hi,

Could be, trying not to be thick, but not sure how to mutually exclusive sets 
out of it.

The Instance randomisation is nice and quick (and there).

Does anybody know how to get the Instance ID of a particle?

After setting random instance objects using multiple objects in a group, I'd 
like to be able to find out which particles relate to which instance so I can 
manipulate them.

Thanks,

adam.


From: Vladimir Jankijevic 
mailto:vladi...@elefantstudios.ch>>
To: Adam Seeley mailto:adam_see...@yahoo.com>>; 
softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2012, 9:20
Subject: Re: Split ice cloud into randomised collections.

the modulo node would be your friend then...

vladimir

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Adam Seeley 
mailto:adam_see...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
Hi,

Before I spend time sorting this one out on my short time scale, I wondered if 
someone had been there already.

I'd like to be able to split my cloud into, say, 10 randomised sets. Pretty 
much the same way that instancing 10 objects works, but so I can define 
specific colours/shapes etc. within the cloud.

Any handy compounds spring to mind?

Thanks and hope to see a few faces next Tuesday at USer Group,

Adam.




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Re: Is the list still working?

[Daniel H]

Anyone cut off from this list has been aggressively terminated via digital
selection through the Web's new rogue intelligence program
U-N-C-O-E-X-I-S-T.

Daniel
VFXM

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Extrud questions

[Szabolcs Matefy]

Hey folks,

 

Does anybody know, if there is solution to the following issue. I have a
minigun and an ammo backpack. I have to make the ammo belt. I have to
make sure, that the beginning and the ending cross-section fits into the
slots. Technically I want to make sure, that the extrusion starts from a
given profile and ends in a given profile without any roll and so on
that used the happen in XSI.

 

Huh

 

 

Cheers

 


Szabolcs 

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Re: Is the list still working?

[Thomas Volkmann]

How do we reach all these poor guys , that are cut off the list???


Octavian Ureche  hat am 25. Mai 2012 um 14:24
geschrieben:

> pong?

RegenerateMaps not working in batch mode

[Jared Glass]

Hi

When calling the command Application.RegenerateMaps in a script that 
runs with xsi batch I get an error saying invalid win32COM object etc,

but when I load xsi gui and run the exact same script...it works.

The documentation doesn't say anything that indicates this command can't 
be used with xsibatch.


Anyone have any ideas?
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Kind Regards,
Jared Glass  | Technical Lead
Triggerfish Animation Studios 
Zambezia Movie  | Khumba Movie 

Re: Rescue corrupted scene

[Christian Gotzinger]

Ooops, is the list broken or something?

Anyway, I managed to open my scene using the crash recovery file from the
Preferences / Scene Debugging. Phew, I didn't even know this thing existed.
And I'm glad it does.



On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Christian Gotzinger
wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have a big scene that crashes when I load it. It tells me that one mesh
> inside of it is corrupted and offers to hide it in order to prevent
> crashes. But the scene crashes anyway.
> Is there no way to stop that one mesh from getting loaded? Or to extract
> certain models from the scene without actually opening it?
>
> I already tried merging, but that crashes too.
>
> Thank you
>

Re: Rescue corrupted scene

[Vladimir Jankijevic]

read this Load Recovery Journal File
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http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2012/en_us/userguide/index.html?url=files/userprefs519.htm,topicNumber=d28e771072,hash=WSC52E97AF964D6E4A85D54D15483CB299-0021

hope it helps

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Christian Gotzinger
wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have a big scene that crashes when I load it. It tells me that one mesh
> inside of it is corrupted and offers to hide it in order to prevent
> crashes. But the scene crashes anyway.
> Is there no way to stop that one mesh from getting loaded? Or to extract
> certain models from the scene without actually opening it?
>
> I already tried merging, but that crashes too.
>
> Thank you
>



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Rescue corrupted scene

[Christian Gotzinger]

Hi list,

I have a big scene that crashes when I load it. It tells me that one mesh
inside of it is corrupted and offers to hide it in order to prevent
crashes. But the scene crashes anyway.
Is there no way to stop that one mesh from getting loaded? Or to extract
certain models from the scene without actually opening it?

I already tried merging, but that crashes too.

Thank you

Re: pointvelocity to drive motion vectors on geometry - does it work?

[peter_b]

yes, with motion blur in the pass options turned off – the presence of 
self.Pointusermotion causes 3D blur to be drawn.
turning the shutter down shortens the blur, and at 0 makes it disappear, but 
equally so the values of the motion vectors. (on all geometry – with and 
without pointusermotions)
and in my test pointusermotion adds to existing blur, and a motion blur 
property, with both check boxes off is required to get rid of it.

I’ll eventually investigate again, but for now I have added alternative 
geometry that will replace the offending objects in the passes with motion 
vectors.
works fine – though I had really hoped to solve it without extra objects. oh 
well.


From: Ciaran Moloney 
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:10 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Subject: Re: pointvelocity to drive motion vectors on geometry - does it work?

Do you mean you're getting in camera 3D motion blur? If you're using 
mip_motion_vectors and you have motion blur turned on (shouldn't need that), 
you should be rendering with the shutter set to 0 (look under optimization). 
This will prevent in camera blur from rendering.

In my test Self.PointUserMotion will override rather than add to all other 
deformation motion...



On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:41 PM,  wrote:

  Just thought I’d get back on this subject – as it’s only a partial solution.

  with usermotions you can influence the motion vectors allright, (using 
mip_motion_vectors) but it also adds actual blur – which renders the motion 
vectors useless.
  I’ve tried with and without motion blur in scene and pass options, and tried 
adding a motion blur property to disable blur (which is actually necessary for 
taking away the incorrect motion vectors – because the usermotion vectors get 
added – they dont replace the default vectors)

  so overall – I can’t find a way to influence user motion vectors without 
causing blur to be drawn.
  I hope I’m simply overlooking something?




  From: pete...@skynet.be 
  Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:24 PM
  To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
  Subject: Re: pointvelocity to drive motion vectors on geometry - does it work?

  thanks – will have a look – this sounds just like what I need!




  From: Alan Fregtman 
  Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:25 PM
  To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
  Subject: Re: pointvelocity to drive motion vectors on geometry - does it work?

  Yeah; for a UserMotion example, go to your XSI_SAMPLES project under: 

  /Scenes/ICE/RotatingGearWithICEUserMotions.scn



  On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Ciaran Moloney  
wrote:

Hi,

PointVelocity applies to particles only. If you're using MR, then there's 
an ICE attribute usermotion that you can use to define custom vectors for 
motion blur. 





On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:32 AM,  wrote:

  Hi, 

  I’m using the mip_motion_vectors output shader.

  My non-simulated particle cloud (sticking to a surface) shows up black 
which makes sense I guess.
  No worries, I’m looking up the PointVelocity at the surface and saving 
this on the particles – and magically the motion vectors are fixed and blend 
perfectly with the surface.

  Now I have some geometry with incorrect motion vectors (I think) – and I 
was hoping to accomplish the same thing:
  calculating motion vectors (difference between previous and current 
frames’ pointposition ?) and saving it as a PointVelocity attribute.

  However – it doesnt seem to be working – no matter what I try, the 
PointVelocity attribute doesnt seem to affect motion vectors – as it did for 
the particles. Has anyone done this? Does it / should it work?

  thanks for any pointers.