Re: Alembic Export to Maya with Shattered Geo and shaded internal

Could you send us reproduction scene Adam? It should be possible to address. We do have a release planned for early next week. On Dec 7, 2012 6:25 PM, "Adam Sale" wrote: > I believe this should be supported by Crate, but with a simple example we > generated a shattered cube, with internal faces

Re: Toggling toolbar buttons

I don't believe so. Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Gustavo Eggert Boehs wrote: > Hi guys > > Anybody know if it is possible to Toggle toolbar buttons so they stay > "pressed"? Cant seem to find this in the D

Re: Getting Fcurves

Great! Aparently I was using Source instead of Source*s*. Would never even perceive they were two different things without your help. Thanks Matt, owe you a beer now :) For archiving purposes, python code looks like this: fCurvePosx = object.kine.local.posx.Sources fCurvePosx = fCurvePosx[fCur

Re: Ice Topology | build mesh from pointcloud "trinagulizer thing"

That's a nice trick Orlando :) Old skool but sweet still On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Orlando Esponda wrote: > depending on how accurate the terrain topology should be, but a quick way > could be setting a key in the position of all the nulls in frame 2, then go > to frame 1 and set another po

Re: Ice Topology | build mesh from pointcloud "trinagulizer thing"

Yes, I know and I did this method, but it gives a blobby mesh where I would have need a kind of planar deformed thing. (I ended with shrink warping a grid on the pointcloud (fron nulls kine global pos) to get an average terrain, then I shall "hand" model on the top of it.) But that's too bad t

RE: Getting Fcurves

That is correct. I think the animation mixer is used behind the scenes to provide the layer functionality. Use Parameter.Sources which will return a collection of all animation sources for the parameter. The returned sources are organized from most significant to least significant (top layer

Re: Getting Fcurves

Hmm... aparently not. It returns a boolean after checking for a given type of source, but not the source itself: http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2012/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/Parameter.IsAnimated.html

Re: syflex ICE and weightmaps

Yeah its a shame. I felt the same way about hair. It showed promise and then just stopped. I love the integration of things in Soft but would prefer just a good plugin if its going to be better supported and updated. Kris On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:04 AM, adrian wyer wrote: > ** ** ** > > that

Re: transferring low res syflex to high res geo

Thanks for the vid Orlando..had no idea it was that simple...really great. On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Orlando Esponda wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something here, because the solutions are rather > complex hehe so please bear with me if I'm totally out of context. > Here's a little video s

Re: Python: subprocess caching

We have a very efficient and elaborate cacing with subprocess. But alas I am on vacation and do not have access to the files. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-12-07, at 9:03 PM, Sandy Sutherland wrote: > Hello - it does appear in RR control - it is just like any other job - and it > goes grey whe

Re: Interview and stuff on Autodesk site of Triggerfish

Way to go, Triggerfish! That was an inspirational read. It's great to see what's possible with just Softimage alone. Looking forward to playing around with the TF compounds. -Tim Crowson On 12/7/2012 4:28 AM, Simon Anderson wrote: Nice article, got all nostalgic reading it ;) Should be comi

Re: Python: subprocess caching

Hi Sandy, That sounds very interesting indeed, caching in the background is great but sending it to farm would be even better... What about feedback? how does the user know that the caching has finished? It would be beautiful if the process appears in the RR window... On 7 December 2012 12:48

Re: Friday Flashback

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Re: Ice Topology | build mesh from pointcloud "trinagulizer thing"

depending on how accurate the terrain topology should be, but a quick way could be setting a key in the position of all the nulls in frame 2, then go to frame 1 and set another position key BUT with the y value at 0, so you have this "bed of nulls". And finally you could create a grid or similar pl

Re: Ice Topology | build mesh from pointcloud "trinagulizer thing"

There's no need for ice topo, you would over complicate things..can't you use the built-in polygonizer ? It can handle nulls too. but probably a faster/better workflow would be to put all the nulls into a group, then emit particles on the global position array and polygonize that...

Ice Topology | build mesh from pointcloud "trinagulizer thing"

Hi guys, In SI, I have a tracked shot of a topview (from airplane) of a forest. Basicly, 1000 nulls (trackpoints). I was wondering if there was a possibility to "mesh" those nuls in order to recreate the terrain topology ? Maybe there is already a compound somewhere able to trace a triangle ev

RE: Adding a shape target

In the shape manager - turn on Display with Animation deformation - this makes your moves in the shape manager work correctly. S. Sandy Sutherland | Technical Supervisor [http://triggerfish.co.za/en/wp-content/uploads/udf_foundry/images/logo.png]

RE: Python: subprocess caching

I am already doing all our MDD point caching and fur ICE caching using RR here, it is very simple to do. You do not need to use any launchprocess or Popen - you can submit a .bat or .sh file to RR as an execute once - so your currently setup method with the .bat and .py script works 100% - that

Re: Pose constrain to two objects

Of course - the elusive one thing I didn't try! :-D Thanks Matt! On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Matt Morris wrote: > Pose constrain fully to the first object, then pose constrain at 0.5 to > the second object. Should do what you're looking for. > cheers > matt > > > > > On 7 December 2012 12:1

Re: Pose constrain to two objects

Pose constrain fully to the first object, then pose constrain at 0.5 to the second object. Should do what you're looking for. cheers matt On 7 December 2012 12:14, Arvid Björn wrote: > Hey list! > > When pose constraining an object to two other objects with a 0.5 blend > weight on each constra

Re: Adding a shape target

Have you tried adding the shape in secondary shape modelling stack? On 7 December 2012 12:12, Ben Beckett wrote: > Hi List > > I have a situation were my character is bent over and the mesh fold in a > very bad way. > > so I would like to fix, lets sat with a shape target. > > I would like to a

Pose constrain to two objects

Hey list! When pose constraining an object to two other objects with a 0.5 blend weight on each constraint, the constrained object does not end up exactly in the middle, but something like 25% of the way there, and that goes for both rotation and position. It seems to follow fine, but with an offs

Re: Python: subprocess caching

Thanks for that Gareth, works a treat.. Will look into hooking it up with RoyalRender next ;) Best, C On 7 December 2012 11:40, Raffaele Fragapane wrote: > I would first try to wrap it inside a command with a return value and call > that command from inside the logic. Exception handling trick

RE: Python: subprocess caching

I would first try to wrap it inside a command with a return value and call that command from inside the logic. Exception handling tricks seldom end in happiness :) On Dec 7, 2012 9:36 PM, "Gareth Bell" wrote: > Yeah that's right, within a button callback. > > I'll have a look into the "while 1" t

Re: Python: subprocess caching

If popen won't cooperate from within your callbacks, why not try the built in SIUtils .LaunchProcess method or even the System command? Ciaran On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Gareth Bell < gareth.b...@primefocusworld.com> wrote: > Yeah that's right, within a button callback. > > I'll have a lo

RE: syflex ICE and weightmaps

that's why, unfortunately, these things are best left in the hands of privateers... rather than subsumed into the main package at some point, only to stagnate shave and a haircut anyone? _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk

Re: syflex ICE and weightmaps

Any and all requests have fallen on deaf ears thus far since they first released it... :\ Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:48 PM, adrian wyer wrote: > and... who's leg do we have to dry hump to get per point context >

RE: syflex ICE and weightmaps

and... who's leg do we have to dry hump to get per point context implemented in Syflex? will we EVER get an update? a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastian Kowalski Sent: 07 December 2012 0

Re: visiting new york

You are welcome any time :) Miquel Campos www.akaosaru.com 2012/12/7 Sebastian Kowalski > Thanks Tim. > Hey Miquel, Montreal is on my visiting list for a long time, maybe next > year? > > > > Am 06.12.2012 um 16:21 schrieb Tim Borgmann :

RE: Python: subprocess caching

Yeah that's right, within a button callback. I'll have a look into the "while 1" trick. Failing that - I guess I'll have to find another solution. Thanks for your help From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com on behalf of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Thu 0

Re: visiting new york

Thanks Tim. Hey Miquel, Montreal is on my visiting list for a long time, maybe next year? Am 06.12.2012 um 16:21 schrieb Tim Borgmann : > Hey mate, have a nice time in NY :) > > Cheers > Tim > >> hey list, >> >> i will be in new york the next two weeks until christmas, would be great to >>

Re: Interview and stuff on Autodesk site of Triggerfish

Congrats Sandy and to your team, Great seeing SA talent getting intl. exposure and recognition. Well done guys. On 12/7/12, Sandy Sutherland wrote: > Just as an aside - we can provide the compounds used in Sue's tutorial - > they are going to be hosted on triggerfish.co.za, but I can also send

Re: transferring low res syflex to high res geo

Loved that one ! Would be worth uploading this to vimeo/Ice group. Excellent reference imho :) Le 07/12/2012 05:36, Orlando Esponda a écrit : Maybe I'm missing something here, because the solutions are rather complex hehe so please bear with me if I'm totally out of context. Here's a littl

Re: syflex ICE and weightmaps

i am afraid not. the whole ice syflex won't allow point context. Am 07.12.2012 um 02:44 schrieb Kris Rivel : > Is there a way to control any aspect of syflex with a weightmap in ICE? Any > other hack for doing something like this? Like maybe a mix of syflex and > matching points on a dupl