Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-15 Thread Chris Marshall
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry OK I've managed to get this working, though it's really slow. I have a cloud with about 1000 instances of a very simple object, but it's taking about 1 minute to refresh. I've had a play with Guillaume Laforges version, which you mention

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-14 Thread Chris Marshall
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:35 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry Hi, Just following this thread up. Is there a way of freezing instanced ICE geometry, into a single poly

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Marshall
Hi, Just following this thread up. Is there a way of freezing instanced ICE geometry, into a single poly object? I DON'T need it to be live, just want to bake it. Thought this might be doable without plugins. Thanks Chris On 4 November 2013 17:56, Jonny Grew jonny.g...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-13 Thread Angus Davidson
@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry Hi, Just following this thread up. Is there a way of freezing instanced ICE geometry, into a single poly object? I DON'T need

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Marshall
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com javascript:; [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com javascript:;] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:35 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com javascript:; Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry Hi, Just following

Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-04 Thread Jonny Grew
Following on from my thread about issues of importing and ICE Cache for my MB feather tools it's been recommended I start another thread to see if anyone can point out a script/tool to convert my instanced geometry (multiple instanced objects) to geometry. - Hopefully this remains live so I can

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-04 Thread Andreas Böinghoff
Check Momentum - Geometry Tools - Instancer. It creates for you a polygon mesh with all our Instances in it. Its live, but is merged! If your mashes are not to big that could be a way. Andreas On 11/4/2013 6:39 PM, Jonny Grew wrote: Following on from my thread about issues of importing and

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-04 Thread Vincent Langer
Or em_topolizer2 - it is awesome!! cheers, Vincent 2013/11/4 Andreas Böinghoff boeingh...@s-farm.de Check Momentum - Geometry Tools - Instancer. It creates for you a polygon mesh with all our Instances in it. Its live, but is merged! If your mashes are not to big that could be a way.

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

2013-11-04 Thread Jonny Grew
Cheers Andreas - I know about that one and know it works a treat but the studio I'm working at doesn't have it. Have heard about em_topolizer2 too and price wise I might be able to convince them to spend some money but ideally I was looking for something that could do it without having to go

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-27 Thread Gerbrand Nel
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? yes, that was it! The randomize value by range (set to 0 - 1) was returning -1. So a clamp solved the issue. Nice you already put this inside your compound. thanks Grahame, this compound is super! - No virus found in this message

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-13 Thread Fabricio Chamon
yes, that was it! The randomize value by range (set to 0 - 1) was returning -1. So a clamp solved the issue. Nice you already put this inside your compound. thanks Grahame, this compound is super!

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-12 Thread Guillaume Laforge
? Bring the pointcloud and instance masters over to Maya and do the duplication there :( Original-Nachricht Datum: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:55:37 -0700 Von: Steven Caron car...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? im confused

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-12 Thread Leo Quensel
moloney.cia...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? Did Grahame's or my compound work for you? I'd say his would be your best bet since the point of mine was to allow attribute transfer onto the final mesh, which adds some overhead for sure

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-12 Thread Guillaume Laforge
;) Original-Nachricht Datum: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:53:03 +0100 Von: Ciaran Moloney moloney.cia...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? Did Grahame's or my compound work for you? I'd say his would be your best bet

RE: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-12 Thread Grahame Fuller
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 05:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? thanks for the compounds Grahame! I've made a quick test here, but for some reason it skips some instances...screenshot attached. (SI 2013) attachment: winmail.dat

RE: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-12 Thread Grahame Fuller
] On Behalf Of Ciaran Moloney Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 06:05 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? Sorry, it's been too long since I worked on that compound at that so I can only second guess myself. The answer is yes! On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-11 Thread Tim Crowson
:* Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? momentum instancer perhaps. - Original Message - *From:* Tim Crowson mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Sent:* Monday, July 09

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-11 Thread Tim Crowson
@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: RE: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? If you freeze the pointcloud - you can easily add an ice tree to it and for e.g. just change the instance shape to another using that new ice tree - the system is very powerful that way, the new ice tree just builds upon the data frozen

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-11 Thread Steven Caron
/viewtopic.php?f=15t=1579 ** ** ** ** *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Steven Caron *Sent:* 11 juillet 2012 13:45 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-11 Thread Guillaume Laforge
/viewtopic.php?f=15t=1579 ** ** ** ** *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Steven Caron *Sent:* 11 juillet 2012 13:45 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? ** ** its

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-11 Thread Steven Caron
:45 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? ** ** its there, its just not a single click. ** ** also implementing it through ICE means you have to implement the logic too... thats actually the hard part in my opinion. at least if you try

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-10 Thread Leo Quensel
: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? I'm rendering this with Mental Ray. I found a solution that lets me render what I want without having to freeze it to geo. But it would still be nice to know how to do it. -Tim On 7/10/2012 12:45 AM, Sandy Sutherland wrote: What are you rendering with? S

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-10 Thread Chris Marshall
:54 -0500 Von: Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? I'm rendering this with Mental Ray. I found a solution that lets me render what I want without having to freeze it to geo. But it would still be nice

Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-09 Thread Tim Crowson
Title: Signature I'm needing to freeze the results of my non-simulated ICE tree to geometry so I can optimize its use in another ICE tree. (wanting to scatter something that was built by a scatter to beginwith). Concerns about geo density not-withstanding, is there a

Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-09 Thread phil harbath
Signaturemomentum instancer perhaps. - Original Message - From: Tim Crowson To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 6:24 PM Subject: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? I'm needing to freeze the results of my non-simulated ICE tree to geometry so I can

RE: Freeze ICE tree to geometry?

2012-07-09 Thread Sandy Sutherland
] on behalf of phil harbath [phil.harb...@jamination.com] Sent: 10 July 2012 07:05 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Freeze ICE tree to geometry? momentum instancer perhaps. - Original Message - From: Tim Crowsonmailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com To: softimage