Hey Steven, yep On Mar 14, 2013 6:53 PM, "Steven Caron" <[email protected]> wrote:
> hey jules > > so you are setting the weights in the modeling stack? and using them in > the animation stack? > > s > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Jules Stevenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm, actually this is not so cool - just the process of reading in the >> cached attribute required (a copy of EnvelopeWeightsPerDeformer) and >> setting it to the envelope weights is slowing down the env operator to a >> pretty unintuitive level... This leaves no room for optimization as far as >> I can see, there's nothing simpler I can do. Any one have any other >> thoughts on methods to use for this? >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Jules Stevenson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Doh, of course. Thanks Vladimir. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Vladimir Jankijevic < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> cache it and use a switch to load the cached data or re-evaluate the >>>> tree. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jules Stevenson < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm building a tool which sets data to weights via ICE (an auto >>>>> weighter). What I need it to do is working great, however, as it's ICE, it >>>>> executes all the time - whenever a deformer is moved it re-evaluates the >>>>> tree. The tree is slow. What I really need is some way of making the ice >>>>> data persistent without constantly re-evaluating, In an ideal world this >>>>> would mean when I disconnect the Ice Node, the data that it has written to >>>>> the weights *doesn't* disappear. >>>>> >>>>> I know the easiest way to achieve this is freeze the object, but >>>>> because this is an iterative user tool it's not an ideal workflow. Anyone >>>>> got an ideas if something like this is possible? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Jules >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Vladimir Jankijevic >>>> Technical Direction >>>> >>>> Elefant Studios AG >>>> Lessingstrasse 15 >>>> CH-8002 Zürich >>>> >>>> +41 44 500 48 20 >>>> >>>> www.elefantstudios.ch >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> >>> >>> >> >
