Hi Paul I do get the last point about infinite loops. Visually it does seem to be indicative of the fact. Bear in mind their nodal networks are fairly recent so the look and feel will be tweaked going forward. That been said some of the reasons other nodal networks might not make those type of connections is because they are unable to handle them, whereas Modo is able to. If that is the case it opens some exciting possibilities that may not be possible elsewhere.
I must admit it does upset my little sense of neatness as well. From: Paul Griswold <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Wednesday 07 May 2014 at 4:39 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: softimage to modo I wasn't really talking about the example, but instead the way they've decided to set up their connections. It often ends up a spaghetti mess of wires that make circular connections with the wires running behind nodes. I don't see the logic in it. Maybe I just like clean layouts. :-) I'm open to new ideas and ways of doing things, but it just seemed weird that no other node-based system creates these looped connections because infinite loops are bad (I understand they're not really infinite loops, but they visually appear to be) and again, it makes for a very sloppy graph. -Paul [https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=29593551-e6fe-429b-8b01-2b6bfa0557d0]ᐧ On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Angus Davidson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Ones mans circular is another mans intuitive. ;) To me I found the example easy to follow and to duplicate and understand what was going on. That begin said a lot of it is down to putting what you are used to on the shelf for a bit and really diving in. It was only once I did that did I understand just how flexible it is. Your never going to innovate if your always trying to put everything in the same container, or doing things the same way. From: Paul Griswold <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Wednesday 07 May 2014 at 4:22 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: softimage to modo What do you guys think of Modo's nodal deformer layout? I just looked at that growing vine tutorial page and the splash page for the video shows exactly what I personally dislike. Their node connections seem to be really sloppy and IMHO could lead to a confusing mess pretty quickly. They've got connections that make circular loops, so there's no left to right or top to bottom flow like you'd have in pretty much every other node-based system I've used. I mentioned it during Brad's webinar and he kind-of brushed it off, but I find it really distracting. -Paul [https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=9946c821-beb2-437b-88cd-7cbc3c2b43e2]ᐧ This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
