actually, the cache on file node can read .pc2 files already. give it a shot!
but great to have more robust control, kai's version had better support for the format. On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Alok Gandhi <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey All, > > I made a custom ice node for directly reading .pc2 file in ICE. Not sure > if somebody already wrote that, but it was fun spending almost an hour of > weekend. > > This implements most of the logic from KP_PointCache by Kai Wolter > (available with source code on http://rray.de/xsi/) > > You can download the addon here <http://bit.ly/Hn9kJ3> (Windows 64 bit > only / Works with Softimage 2011 and upwards) > > The addon has two files: > 1. A Custom ICE node for reading .pc2 files. Almost all parameters from > KP_PointCache are available in the node. > > 2. A Compound as wrapper around the low level node to implement the PPG > (as there is no way to write a PPG Layout for a Custom ICE node in C++). > > It is not super useful as you can always put a point cache operator on a > mesh and read point positions from that in an ICE Tree but it eliminates > altogether the need of an .obj / mesh to read .pc2. > > Hope it helps somebody somewhere. >
