Just bought Topolizer, can't wait to play with it :) /Jens
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Jens Lindgren <[email protected]>wrote: > That sounds great Eric! > Thanks for the comparison numbers. > > /Jens > > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Eric Mootz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The memory consumption of emPolygonizer4 can grow quite fast. The more >> input particles and the higher the level of detail the more memory it will >> consume. >> emTopolizer2 however meshes things bit by bit which results in >> neglectable memory consumption no matter how your level of detail might >> look. >> >> So with heavy setups emPolygonizer4 can easily go up to 10 Gig and more >> of RAM whereas emTopolizer2 will only use a couple of hundred megabytes. >> >> Speed wise it depends a little on how the input looks like (amount of >> particles, spacial distribution, ..), but on average emTopolizer2 is *at >> least* twice as fast. In most cases it will be even 2-10 times faster. >> But in my opinion the speed is not as important as the memory consumption. >> Fact is that with emPolygonizer4 you will eventually have memory problems >> and with emTopolizer2 you won't. >> >> Here a concrete example that I just tested. Note the memory consumption. >> >> Hardware: Sony Vaio Laptop, Intel i7m, 8 Gig Ram. >> OS: Windows 7 64 bit. >> Software: SI 2012 SAP >> >> *A.)* The input was a small liquid simulation with roughly 2000 >> particles. >> The level of detail was set to 50, which resulted in a mesh with about >> 2.4 million polygons. >> >> emPolygonizer4: >> time: 30 seconds. >> max. RAM: 2.6 Gig. >> >> emTopolizer2: >> time: 10 seconds. >> max. RAM: about 0.15 gig. >> >> *B.)* Same input, but this time with liquid filaments enabled which >> results in roughly 270000 particles. >> The level of detail was set to 50, which resulted in a mesh with about >> 1.5 million polygons. >> >> emPolygonizer4: >> time: 55 seconds. >> max. RAM: 2.7 Gig. >> >> emTopolizer2: >> time: 26 seconds. >> max. RAM: about 0.2 gig. >> >> > > > > -- > Jens Lindgren > -------------------------- > Lead Technical Director > Magoo 3D Studios <http://www.magoo3dstudios.com/> > -- Jens Lindgren -------------------------- Lead Technical Director Magoo 3D Studios <http://www.magoo3dstudios.com/>
