Re: very OT: FabricEngine simulated object deformer?

[Eric Thivierge]

Hi Thomas,

It is possible to do this. I'm working on a sample scene for you. The only
thing is that you can't drive maps / vertex colors in 3dsMax with Fabric
right now. However what you could do is set these weights / vertex colors
on the Fabric geometry object in the graph and export an Alembic of the
cached deformation which includes these properties. Then import it back
into 3dsMax or Maya and drive maps / vertex colors by that cached data. I'm
working on getting the sample scene running in Maya and 3dsMax so that
it'll be included for the next release hopefully. I'll be posting a forum
topic in our forums and will link back when done. I just wanted to let you
know I'm on it. :)

Best,
Eric T.


Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 4:52 AM, Thomas Volkmann 
wrote:

> Hi,
> since I know there are some Fabric guys lurking here, I thought I'd ask
> here first
>
> I need to to build a simulated deformer to create a effect for milling
> metal (basically like creating footprints in snow or similar) and create
> vertex colors or some sort of map where the mesh was affected. Pretty basic
> actually
>
> BUT:
> It has to happen inside 3ds Max!!
> 
>
> There is a cheap snowprint tool, that probably gives us what we need, but
> since I have some time to invest on this topic I wonder if:
> A: I should try to build something in Max's Creation Graph (not really
> what I'm looking for as I try to stay away from Max whenever I can)
> B: Finally take the opportunity to dive into FabricEngine (which I wanted
> to for a loong time now).
>
> To be able to go for B I would need to know if FabricEngine could do
> simulated deforms and if it could create maps or vertexcolors or whatever.
> And is the 3dsMax Beta for FabricEngine mature enough to support this?
>
>
> thanks,
> Thomas
>
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very OT: FabricEngine simulated object deformer?

[Thomas Volkmann]

Hi,
since I know there are some Fabric guys lurking here, I thought I'd ask here
first
 
I need to to build a simulated deformer to create a effect for milling metal
(basically like creating footprints in snow or similar) and create vertex colors
or some sort of map where the mesh was affected. Pretty basic actually
 
BUT:
It has to happen inside 3ds Max!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40  
 
There is a cheap snowprint tool, that probably gives us what we need, but since
I have some time to invest on this topic I wonder if:
A: I should try to build something in Max's Creation Graph (not really what I'm
looking for as I try to stay away from Max whenever I can)
B: Finally take the opportunity to dive into FabricEngine (which I wanted to for
a loong time now).
 
To be able to go for B I would need to know if FabricEngine could do simulated
deforms and if it could create maps or vertexcolors or whatever.
And is the 3dsMax Beta for FabricEngine mature enough to support this?
 
 
thanks,
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