You can make arrays of geometries and find inside them?? Nice! Great tip.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Vincent Ullmann < [email protected]> wrote: > Cant see any Compounds ;-/ > > here is a Solution i tried some time ago > > Am 29.03.2013 01:22, schrieb Eric Thivierge: > > I'll give it a whirl Graham thanks. > > -------------------------------------------- > Eric Thivierge > http://www.ethivierge.com > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Grahame Fuller < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Do these compounds help? I've posted before but for some reason the >> attachments don't seem to make it into the archives. >> >> They were designed to copy particle instances to real topology, but >> obviously you don't actually need instances but just an integer for the >> object index in the group. >> >> Usage notes: >> >> To use, put Convert Instances to Mesh in an ICE tree on an empty mesh. It >> works only with the "self" object. You also need to store the shape index >> on the point cloud and reference it in the compound's ppg. To transfer >> attributes, attach one of the Transfer compounds to the Execute port - >> there's one for each component type. >> >> If you transfer the MaterialIDs, then you can use the Copy Materials >> checkbox. This works only if all objects in the group have identical >> Materials arrays. >> >> The transfer is based on finding locations on the group geometry, so it's >> best to move the instance masters apart if they overlap. >> >> It uses the 2013 version of Build Array from Set which supports >> topology-type attributes. To use it with Softimage v2012, you'll need to >> replace it with Build Array from Per Point Data. >> >> gray >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge >> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 06:30 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: ICE Topo Clone from group of objects onto Particles? >> >> >> Thanks but I need it as actual geometry using ice topology >> On Mar 28, 2013 6:09 PM, "Daryl Dunlap" <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> Hey Eric, >> >> There's an example in the Docs for just that scenario. >> >> >> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2013/en_us/userguide/index.html?url=files/ipart_instances_UsingGroupsofMasterObjects.htm,topicNumber=d30e291285 >> >> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Trying to clone a group of meshes and place them at particle positions >> from a cloud using ICE Topo. Is there a way to get any of the built in >> compounds to do this? Not seeing any compounds or sample scenes doing this. >> >> So to review I have 5 meshes in a group and a particle cloud. I want to >> randomly get a mesh out of the group and stick it where a particle is. >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> > >
