I was wondering the same. I was especially interested in the exocortex surfacer and wondered if it was able to handle other types of input objects aswell.
-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 11 May 2012 12:45:23 +0200 > Von: "Stefan Kubicek" <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: naiad particles into ICE > Speaking of Exocortex, I was wondering if ne1 knows anything about > Mealstrom? > It was on their page up until one or two months ago but has now > disappeared. > Is it no longer being developed? > > Reason I'm asking is that I've been playing with PhoenixFD in Max a few > days ago > and I was blown away by the simulation speed and quality of their implicit > surface rendering. > From what I remember about Mealstrom it had quite a similar approach to > it, > it would be awesome to get comparable functionality in Softimage. Any > official info on this? > > > > > > wait... Fury can load .PRT files? thats a new one - very handy! > > > > On 11 May 2012 11:28, Ciaran Moloney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> 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-- > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > 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-- > -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de
