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roc.autodesk.com [ >> mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On Behalf Of *Andy Nicholas >> *Sent:* 26 March 2017 00:37 >> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ >> forum/#!forum/x

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ty. >> >> >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ >> mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On Behalf Of *Andy Nicholas >> *Sent:* 29 March 2017 15:50 >> *To:* Official Sof

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istproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > Arrays and vop (or vex if that's your thing) are keys if you want to maintain speed imho. Definitely. Getting into Vex in a big way has been a complete game changer for me in the last couple of yea

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rum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > > > > Arrays and vop (or vex if that's your thing) are keys if you want to > maintain speed imho. > > Definitely. Getting into Ve

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/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > Arrays and vop (or vex if that's your thing) are keys if you want to maintain speed imho. Definitely. Getting into Vex in a big way has been a complete game changer for me in the la

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March 2017 15:50 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. > Arrays and vop (or vex if that's your thing) are keys if you want to maintain > speed imho.

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> Arrays and vop (or vex if that's your thing) are keys if you want to maintain speed imho. Definitely. Getting into Vex in a big way has been a complete game changer for me in the last couple of years or so. There's just so much you can do with it, and like you said, it's super fast. It's

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: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andy Nicholas Sent: 29 March 2017 14:57 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Th

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Thank you Andy ! Got to try that when I'm back :) I should send you some scene with some questions (somedays). I wanted to do this with Mikael, but sometimes you don't want to bother people to much, plus you have to be sure that what you're asking has sense, and sometimes you just want to find

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Thanks for sharing. It's useful to see where you see issues. > I miss the "sort array with key" You need two nodes: "Array Arg Sort", and "Array Reorder". Use the Array Arg Sort to sort your "key" value and produce indices, which you then feed to the "Array Reorder". Maybe that's the first

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I'm not comfident enough to tell, and I can only speak for vop (not vex). Having to build a for each loop set of nodes, well it took me time to figure (in fact Mikael tut was the answer) Having to work with per prim vertex array seems to be a limitation when coming to sort those vertex. I have

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Heh! Flattery will get you everywhere ;) Yes, they make sense in both packages to me, and you have the added benefit of being able to see the arrays directly in Houdini using the Geometry Spreadsheet, rather than turning on the visualisation in Softimage and have them disappearing off the top

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I was wondering if using arrays in Houdini makes as much sense as in Softimage… Andy??? You are the expert here. jb > On 29 Mar 2017, at 10:57, Andy Nicholas wrote: > > Hi Olivier, where do you see the biggest difference with ICE arrays and > Houdini arrays? In both

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Me wants. :D On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Olivier Jeannel wrote: > An example of something we own as ice user : > One of the first thing I replicated was the Modulate by Volume. > When I arrived on Houdini and saw all those tutorial with people using the > Attribute

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Hi Olivier, where do you see the biggest difference with ICE arrays and Houdini arrays? In both you have ways of adding, removing, sorting, etc. elements in the array in whatever context you're in, no? A On 29/03/2017 09:48, Olivier Jeannel wrote: An example of something we own as ice user :

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An example of something we own as ice user : One of the first thing I replicated was the Modulate by Volume. When I arrived on Houdini and saw all those tutorial with people using the Attribute transfer, I tried to use it myself and was horrified : I found it slow and not precize. Nobody was using

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I'm a morron, but I'd love to have exclusive pure Ice minded HDA library. 2017-03-28 20:29 GMT+02:00 Rob Chapman : > Thought I'd pipe in since tekano got invoked, also slowly attemting to > transition and agree with most already said and thanks, is already a huge > pointer

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Thought I'd pipe in since tekano got invoked, also slowly attemting to transition and agree with most already said and thanks, is already a huge pointer to as yet unknown aspects and features of how complex houdini is. also would be interested in a more 'compounded' way of learning Houdini like

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Personally I think it makes sense to do something independent of qLib but at the same time I think it's worthwhile consulting with the qLib chaps. Someone else I think is worth involving is Nick Taylor. He's UK based and has already put a library together inspired by qLib.

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Haha! You're always the eternal optimist Jordi, to your credit :) Yep, I totally see what you're getting at. There's definitely value in the cross-pollenisation of experience, just as long as it doesn't become a clash of ideologies. We all know how passionate people can get! I guess I think

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> With regards to a Softimage library of tools. Great idea. Personally, I'd > recommend doing it as a separate project to QLib as you'll no doubt want to > introduce the Softimage "feel" to the tools that may or may not sit well with > the other tools in QLib. Plus you'll want to have your own

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Yep, totally agree with what's been said. Houdini tends to be a lot slower to develop stuff. Even simple tools can be tricky when you realise that you ideally need to take care of a lot of edge cases to make your tool work. E.g. what happens if someone supplies packed primitives instead of

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orum/#!forum/xsi_list><softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> > Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > If there is one initiative I would love to see is those things you miss to be > shared via qLib (for example) > > Anyone? >

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<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. If there is one initiative I would love to see is those things you miss to be shared via qLib (for example) Anyone? jb On 28 Mar 2017, at 16:08, Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com <mail

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. I also miss being able to execute lines.. From: Olivier Jeannel Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:08 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. My guess is that maybe we can improve VOP a lot ourselves

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com> on behalf of Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> Sent: 28 March 2017 16:08 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. My guess is that maybe we can improve VOP a lot ourselves by bringing som

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My guess is that maybe we can improve VOP a lot ourselves by bringing some ICE in it. There are a lot of ICE logic and Ice compound that could be translated. Of course, it would be a benefit for side SideFX to hire a hardcore ICE guy. 2017-03-28 16:56 GMT+02:00 Andy Goehler

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Very well put about the ICE ‘macros’. Not to forget to mention that until such ‘factory’ nodes are provided, there’s always the option to do it yourself and save it as an asset (HDA). Andy > On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:49 PM, Jonathan Moore wrote: > > I think the thing

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ple would it have to be done in VEX? so you have one node which does the work and feeds you a PRF? From: Olivier Jeannel <mailto:facialdel...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 12:24 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_li

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e node which does the work and feeds you a PRF? > > > > *From:* Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 12:24 PM > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google. > com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.a

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Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Not exactly the Point Reference frame, but I used this method to get "solid" rotation on a projetc. Not sure it's simple enough, as you have to feed the orient

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to: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Andy Nicholas >> *Sent:* 28 March 2017 09:47 >> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> >> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. >> >> >> >> Hahahaha! That's ama

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dy Nicholas > *Sent:* 28 March 2017 09:47 > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > > > Hahahaha! That's amazing :) When I got an email from SideFX changing the > status of the RFE to "Fixed", I just assumed that t

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Very impressive indeed. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andy Nicholas Sent: 28 March 2017 09:47 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Hahahaha! That's amazing :) When I got

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face? *From:* Jordi Bares <mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:44 AM *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. I can tell you,

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shouldn't be more than a few cross products and normalizing. Actually, you don't need to know the rules, you just need 'a' rule which is consistently followed. Matt Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:04:47 +0100 From: <p...@bustykelp.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. To: "Official Soft

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Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. I can tell you, that is not unusual. jb On 28 Mar 2017, at 08:31, Andy Goehler <lists.andy.goeh...@gmail.com> wrote: Good morning, this is the awesome support at SideFX Available in the daily builds. yesterday Houdini 16.0.561

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/groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/xsi_list> <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. I also like Pauls idea of a modifier key to disa

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t; >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Andy Nicholas >> Sent: 26 March 2017 00:37 >> To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list

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What?? that’s mental !! Its also extremely impressive. Thanks guys. From: Andy Goehler Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 8:31 AM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Good morning, this is the awesome

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c.autodesk.com > <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On Behalf Of *Andy Nicholas > *Sent:* 26 March 2017 00:37 > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list > <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> <softimage@listproc.autodesk.co

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timage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. I also like Pauls idea of a modifier key to disable the auto connection on demand. Definitely seems a worthwhile enhancement request. FYI, I’ve submitted an RFE to Side Effects and sent them the link to this thread. A --

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com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. I also like Pauls idea of a modifier key to disable the auto connection on demand. Definitely seems a worthwhile enhancement request. FYI, I’ve submitted an RFE to Side Effects and sent them the link to this thread. A -- Softimage Mailin

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> I also like Pauls idea of a modifier key to disable the auto connection on > demand. Definitely seems a worthwhile enhancement request. FYI, I’ve submitted an RFE to Side Effects and sent them the link to this thread. A -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to

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gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 4:32 PM To: Official <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Paul, yes when you freshly arrive

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> > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> > > > > *Sent:* Friday, March 24, 2017 4:32 PM > > > *To:* Official > > Softimage Users Mailing > > List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list

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:32 PM > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google. > com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > Paul, yes when you freshly arrive from ice, I had that same feeling. I'm > twice more focused in vop

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ficial Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. Paul, yes when you freshly arrive from ice, I had that same feeling. I'm twice more focused in vop than I was in

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Jeannel Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 4:32 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Paul, yes when you freshly arrive from ice, I had that same feeling. I'm twice more focused in vop than I was in Ice

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%7B%7D,'cvml','si...@simonreeves.com');> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:04 PM > > To: Official Softimage Users Mailing > List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','softimage@listproc.autodesk.com');> > Subject: Re: Random Though

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/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','softimage@listproc.autodesk.com');>> > *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > > > I understand that when it works as planned its a good feature and it* > would* be really useful if I co

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@simonreeves.com> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:04 PM > To: Official Softimage Users Mailing > List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list > <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > I feel like if you disabled 'auto

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...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of p...@bustykelp.com Sent: 24 March 2017 13:05 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. I unde

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: Simon Reeves Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:04 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. I feel like if you disabled 'auto connecting dropping nodes onto wires' youd disable a really useful feature, can you

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age-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Olivier Jeannel >> *Sent:* 24 March 2017 09:46 >> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ >> forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> >> >> *Subjec

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Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. When I try and move nodes when making VOP networks. I have to be very careful as if I put it in the wrong place, it will autoconnect up the wires. Is there

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timage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Olivier Jeannel > *Sent:* 24 March 2017 09:46 > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list < > softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > > > *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about

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Regarding options mentioned about rendering, I would appreciate it a lot if someone would set up some very basic examples of object merges and the wedge output node to organize renders. thanks! Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 23-3-2017 15:05, Andy

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March 2017 09:46 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Getting back to the subject of organisation, I still consider myself as a houdini beginner. The thing is,

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ailing List.https://groups.google. > com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > > > On 24.03.2017, at 10:45, Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seems they fixed all this naming, note and

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Users Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. On 24.03.2017, at 10:45, Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> wrote: Seems they fixed all this naming, note and coloring in the 16. If someone can confirm. Yes, the pre H1

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> > On 24.03.2017, at 10:45, Olivier Jeannel wrote: > > Seems they fixed all this naming, note and coloring in the 16. If someone can > confirm. Yes, the pre H16 node editor annoyances were mostly addressed in H16. Also, navigating large SOP networks, or networks in

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> Seems they fixed all this naming, note and coloring in the 16. If someone can confirm. Yes, they've addressed a lot of those problems. Those shifting network boxes used to drive me nuts. Also, that thing where you carefully line up all your nodes and get all OCD about their layout, dive

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Getting back to the subject of organisation, I still consider myself as a houdini beginner. The thing is, it so open that you quickly import the ice science into vop and you get comfident enough quickly. My experience is with the 15.5, and probably not the latest release. I found the stiky notes

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Regarding Passes, at first it felt really strange, everything seemed different. But after some time and getting into bundles the basics were mastered. What always bugged me in Softimage was managing partitions across passes. If there were changes you’d be hunting down all the partitions in

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] On Behalf Of Jordi Bares Sent: 23 March 2017 12:36 To: r...@casema.nl; Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Indeed, no matter which software we choose we will certainl

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Yep. Worth mentioning the Material SOP too where you can override on a per point/primitive/global level if you need to. It was also pointed out to me the other day that the Material SOP is capable of generating material stylesheets for you. I'm still getting my head around that particular

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Indeed, no matter which software we choose we will certainly miss Softimage overrides and passes… Houdini offers a few approaches but none of them is as smooth and easy as Softimage. The best route I have round is to use Object_Merges to do the overrides but indeed it is not as nice… :-P BTW,

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@Jordi and others: Besides all the new stuff to learn, where - as you said - some stuff is easier than others (VEX), my main gripe is rendering. I still try to get some workflow running where I can easily create Passes/Partitions/overrides like I did in Softimage. I know it's not the same

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l Softimage Users Mailing > List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list > <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. > > Funny how that is. I find it the other way around, especially opening > differently organized scenes com

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On 03/22/17 10:07, Jordi Bares wrote: > Below >>> Putting aside the fact we have to move out of Softimage sooner or later >>> (hardware, OS, drivers, freelancers, support, etc… will eventually force us >>> out) >> Indeed 'sooner or later' >> ... 10+ years? when sampling the freshly released

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Random Thoughts about H. Funny how that is. I find it the other way around, especially opening differently organized scenes coming from Softimage co-workers :D Honestly I don’t organize my Houdini scenes any more than I did in Softimage. But the network editor allows me to work spatially instead of

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Mailing List.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Funny how that is. I find it the other way around, especially opening differently organized scenes coming from Softimage co-workers :D Honestly I don’t organize my Houdini scenes any more than I did

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Funny how that is. I find it the other way around, especially opening differently organized scenes coming from Softimage co-workers :D Honestly I don’t organize my Houdini scenes any more than I did in Softimage. But the network editor allows me to work spatially instead of using the explorer

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odesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H.   Yep! Still reading :) Here’s the link

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s@ > listproc.autodesk.com <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Andy Nicholas > *Sent:* 21 March 2017 23:09 > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ > forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > &l

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Hi!  (see below) On 03/22/17 6:36, Jordi Bares wrote: Jason S wrote: Hi Jordi! First I wanted to personally thank you for those docs, as they really did go straight to the crux. Thank you, really appreciate

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[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Andy Nicholas *Sent:* 21 March 2017 23:09 *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Random Thoughts about H. Yep! Still r

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> On 22 Mar 2017, at 02:05, Jason S wrote: > > Hi Jordi! > > First I wanted to personally thank you for those docs, as they really did go > straight to the crux. Thank you, really appreciate knowing it has been useful. :-) > Yet for the points mentioned, I would have

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Nicholas Sent: 21 March 2017 23:09 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Yep! Still reading :) Here’s the link to the cheat sheet as it didn’t come through in your

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"specially when self employed" ...  or small ... or big shops delivering sequences of images :) On 03/21/17 22:05, Jason S wrote: Hi Jordi! First I wanted to personally thank you for those docs, as they

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Hi Jordi! First I wanted to personally thank you for those docs, as they really did go straight to the crux. Yet for the points mentioned, I would have an easier time agreeing with you if indeed I found "some things to be easier, and others

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> many things are easier, others are not. Haha! Those are very true words indeed! :) Have to say though that the recent updates to the modelling workflow have really made a huge difference. I'm almost starting to feel as comfortable in Houdini as I did in Soft. The Polyfill SOP is probably my

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Indeed I never managed to get fully where I wanted... as you can see VOPs was missing, VEX, DOPs and so many other things but such were my limitations in terms of knowledge and time. Nevertheless I will suggest you take Andy’s comments and review them, he certainly took the time to put some

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Or alot of equivalence mapping was in there (which was great help BTW), yet could of course not map the parts that aren't mappable (or not easily mappable without getting very technical such as for any ice related stuff) Must have overlooked the

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.@listproc.autodesk.com > <mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Jason S > Sent: 21 March 2017 18:36 > To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_l

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don't miss the FULL pdf from Jordy Bares that's all in there On 21 March 2017 at 23:31, Jason S wrote: > Hi, > Indeed Object Merge can reference outputs from other nodes > Thanks a bunch! (scraped the internet for that :) ) > -J > > > > On 03/21/17 18:22, Nono wrote: > >

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Hi, Indeed Object Merge can reference outputs from other nodes Thanks a bunch! (scraped the internet for that :) ) -J On 03/21/17 18:22, Nono wrote: On 21 March 2017 at 19:36, Jason S

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On 21 March 2017 at 19:36, Jason S wrote: > I know about merge sop, but is it possible to refer to outputs or elements > located in other object level networks? > (or having object level items used as inputs for multiple other object > level networks?) Hi, You don't read

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tried watching the VEX masterclass it was way over my head, haha back to the drawing board On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Jonathan Moore wrote: > I think Andy covered off most stuff. The only thing I can reiterate is the > importance of VEX. I shared a link the

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] On Behalf Of Jason S Sent: 21 March 2017 18:36 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Random Thoughts about H. Hi Andy, Thanks for the feedback! - Can handle lots of objects or elements and

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Hi Andy, Thanks for the feedback! - Can handle lots of objects or elements and a few things became very much faster in recent versions (multi-threaded or openCL)    (SI  is still is king for

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Hi Jason, That's a good list. My thoughts and suggestions on your issues below: **- Can handle lots of objects or elements and a few things became very much faster in recent versions (multi-threaded or openCL) (SI is still is king for sheer high-poly-count on fewer objects, which includes