Hi Chris

Not yet, no. Thing is I can't really see why the strands don't render the
capsule shape - not terribly ICE savvy here.

MB


Den 14. august 2013 kl. 12:09 skrev Chris Marshall
<[email protected]>:

> Did you get this sorted?
> 
> 
> 
> On 13 August 2013 14:57, Gerbrand Nel < [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > Hey Morten
> > The scene is set up to create an ice modelled plant.
> > The modelling part was removed from the scene to make it small enough to
> > post on here.
> > I can mail the full scene to you If you want it
> > G
> > 
> > On 2013/08/13 11:42 AM, Morten Bartholdy wrote:
> > > Pretty cool stuff Fabricio.
> > > 
> > > Sorry for crashing the thread, but out of curiosity I took a look at your
> > > scene, and here the trunk and branches does not render - only the leaf
> > > cones. I am on 2013 SP2 - what do I need to do to render the trunk and
> > > branches too?
> > > 
> > > MB
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Den 12. august 2013 kl. 20:15 skrev Fabricio Chamon <[email protected]>
> > > <mailto:[email protected]> :
> > > 
> > > > Hi Gerbrand,
> > > > 
> > > > I took a look at your scene (on SI2013).
> > > > 
> > > > My solution was to replace leaf emission from the main pointcloud to a
> > > > new
> > > > pointcloud to keep things simple. Then add points at strandpositions
> > > > (filtering by the original pointcloud last state_id - or strandtree
> > > > iteration) and query strand arrays to build a "root to tip" attribute on
> > > > each leaf. Finally do whatever you need with this new attribute, like
> > > > resize the particles with an fcurve and so on...
> > > > 
> > > > hope it helps.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 2013/8/12 Gerbrand Nel < [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
> > > > > Cool, so you can check it out in 2013??
> > > > > How do I get the leaves to go smaller towards the tip of each emitting
> > > > > branch?
> > > > > If it was a curve I could read the nearest U value and rescale that,
> > > > > but
> > > > > this strand business complicates things.
> > > > > The other thing I tried and failed at was to measure the distance
> > > > > between
> > > > > each leaf and the tip of the strand, to get a value to work with.
> > > > > But things get lost in arrays of weird-shit from my point of view.
> > > > > I hate knowing enough to get into this kind of crap, but not enough to
> > > > > get
> > > > > out!!!
> > > > > G
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 2013/08/12 07:08 PM, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > > > I have 2013 SP1 too, so I can compare. It just doesn't work in 2014
> > > > > > SP2. I
> > > > > > unplugged everything but Basic Tree, and in 2014 SP2, Emit Leaves
> > > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > add any points to the point cloud.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 12/08/2013 12:44 PM, Gerbrand Nel wrote:
> > > > > > > Yeah probably
> > > > > > > I'm still in good old 2013 sp1
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > G
> > > > > > > On 2013/08/12 06:37 PM, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > > > > > In 2014 I see the same thing as Chris.
> > > > > > > > Probably some nodes were dropped on load...maybe you were using
> > > > > > > > an old
> > > > > > > > version of Build Array from Set?
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > On 12/08/2013 12:31 PM, Chris Marshall wrote:
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > On 12 August 2013 17:21, Gerbrand Nel < [email protected]
> > > > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Hey Chris, Thanks for looking
> > > > > > > > > > On my side I see a stand tree with green cones where leaves
> > > > > > > > > > will be
> > > > > > > > > > Are you at least seeing that?
> > > > > > > > > > G
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > On 2013/08/12 06:06 PM, Chris Marshall wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > I'm not seeing much when I open the scene? Or is that the
> > > > > > > > > > > problem?
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > On 12 August 2013 16:25, Gerbrand Nel < [email protected]
> > > > > > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > quest to get smarter with ICE.
> > > > > > > > > > > > I would very much like to create a mint bush
> > > > > > > > > > > > procedurally using ICE.
> > > > > > > > > > > > I started by first molesting a lovely compound created
> > > > > > > > > > > > by Fabricio Chamon
> > > > > > > > > > > > called strand tree.
> > > > > > > > > > > > I think Fabricio knew noobs like me would come along and
> > > > > > > > > > > > try this kind of
> > > > > > > > > > > > shit, because the compound responded with a full 3 hours
> > > > > > > > > > > > of sodomy.
> > > > > > > > > > > > It is time to beg you guys for some help!!
> > > > > > > > > > > > The leaves is the main problem. I have got the rotation
> > > > > > > > > > > > and position right,
> > > > > > > > > > > > but I have no clue how to scale them so they are small
> > > > > > > > > > > > towards the tips of
> > > > > > > > > > > > each stem.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Could someone please have a look at this scene. I'm sure
> > > > > > > > > > > > it's just a simple
> > > > > > > > > > > > array thing, but my mind has problems with arrays.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks guys
> > > > > > > > > > > > G
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
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