Partio supports .prt, but not .icecache. I'd be interested to know if anyone was able to compile the icecache patch from the good folks at Mad Crew? I couldn't get it to compile... The PRT format is really simple and a Python script to convert particles would be pretty straightforward, especially with Brad Gabe's icecache module, but performance will blow if converting lots of points. On the other hand, if you're dealing with so many points, you should probably be rendering them directly through Arnold or 3Delight archives, or .prt with the Fury renderer....
Ciaran On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Stefan Kubicek <[email protected]>wrote: > Thats exactly where I'm stuck too. > One might think it shouldn't be too hard to derive a Krakatoa importer > from Stevens Exporter, but I'm too occupied with other stuff atm. > I couldn't find a bin-exporter for Naiad either, nor is there a Partio or > Alembic exporter for Naiad (-> Helge?) I know of. I'd love to stand > corrected on this though. > > Stefan > > > > > Hi folks, >> >> trying out the splendid Naiad, its still early days for a Naiad Softimage >> buddy and looking at the forums I do believe there is one planned, but at >> the moment the only option I've got for exporting particles is native .emp >> or Krakatoa .prt format. (And deferred loading formats for Arnold and >> 3Delight) >> >> Have tried.obj mesh export already (very clunky in Softimage) and just >> recently managed to get particles written to an Arnold .Ass file, but >> really I would like to have the particles as a cache that can be loaded / >> dealt with in ICE. >> >> Steven Caron's Kies sadly can only export Krakatoa particles, not import >> them, which is a shame. >> >> >> does anyone know how to get Naiad particles into Softimage? >> >> best regards, >> >> Rob >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------**------------- > Stefan Kubicek Co-founder > ------------------------------**------------- > keyvis digital imagery > Wehrgasse 9 - Grüner Hof > 1050 Vienna Austria > Phone: +43/699/12614231 > --- www.keyvis.at [email protected] --- > -- This email and its attachments are > --confidential and for the recipient only-- > >
