Thanks for your reply Guillaume. Yes, I'm not quite sure what went wrong, but it's working brilliantly now.
Very useful indeed :) Thanks, Andy On 13 November 2012 at 12:42 Guillaume Laforge <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Andy, > > I'm a bit late, but nice to hear that your problem is fixed now :). The Linux > and Windows build were using exactly the same compound if I remember > correctly, so I have no idea why it was broken on your side. Btw, I'm happy to > hear that this little compound as been used in production. I only knew it has > been extensively used at StereoD on Titanic3D and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire > Hunter for bubbles and atmospheric dust effects. > It is not always easy to tweak but I remember that the offset parameter was > extremely important and needed to be changed based on the BBox size of your > point cloud. Also, this algorithm was first designed for incompressible fluid > effect. There is a mode to use it as a force (to use it in a classic Euler > integration), but of course the curl motion won't always be there in this > case. But playing with the various parameters can gives some nice results > sometime :). > I'm curious to know if other people used it in production! > > Cheers, > > Guillaume > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Andy Nicholas <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Sure thing. It's attached. > > > > Yep, for some reason the version of the compound included with our > > current > > install of XSI is broken, but Michal's version works fine. > > > > It's awesome to finally have this set up working, I can see me using it > > all the > > time. Thanks for everyone's help. > > > > Cheers, > > A > > > > > > > > On 12 November 2012 at 23:50 Byungchul Kang <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > could you forward the full compound of Michal Doniec? I want that, too. > > > Thanks > > > > > > Kang > > > > > > 나의 iPad에서 보냄 Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > 2012. 11. 13. 오전 7:44 Andy Nicholas <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > 작성: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help guys. Michal Doniec also sent me a full > > > > > compound > > > > > as well as a screen shot of how everything should be > > > > > connected. So > > > > > all that as well as your suggestions should be enough to go > > > > > on, I'll > > > > > check it all out tomorrow. > > > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12 Nov 2012, at 18:49, Rob Chapman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > think you have to have it connected AND setup properly > > > > > > > to see > > > > > > > it working. depends if you are moving as forces or as > > > > > > > postions as well. Ive used it a lot and highly > > > > > > > recommend it. > > > > > > > also if you do Get>ICE|>get bubbles an ICE tree > > > > > > > compound is > > > > > > > made with the curl noise framework correctly set up > > > > > > > inside > > > > > > > already > > > > > hope that helps! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12 November 2012 18:36, Ciaran Moloney > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Used it on a few jobs. It's great! Sorry, that's > > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > helpful at all. Also, no disconnected nodes here > > > > > > > > > when I > > > > > > > > > do a simple d&d from the preset browser. 2012 or > > > > > > > > > 13? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Andy Nicholas > > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > Has anyone managed to get the Curl Noise Framework > > > > > > > compound working? I had a > > > > > > > look inside it and there are a whole load of > > > > > > > disconnected > > > > > > > nodes. It looks like > > > > > > > it was exported without the "Embed internal > > > > > > > compounds" > > > > > > > flag ticked (always a BIG > > > > > > > mistake!) and is missing a compound that it relied > > > > > > > on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Having said that, I just checked the XML of the > > > > > > > compound > > > > > > > and all the nodes > > > > > > > mentioned in it are instantiated in the compound. > > > > > > > It's as > > > > > > > if it was exported > > > > > > > incorrectly at Autodesk's end. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anyone knows how to get it working, or can give > > > > > > > me a > > > > > > > couple of pointers as to > > > > > > > what needs to be plugged in to what, I'd be super > > > > > > > appreciative. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
