Thanks Tim! It's good to hear it can be altered. Maybe they'll consider having an option that lets you choose how the nodes are set up.
I totally realize functionality is more important that visual style, but to me I want things as clear as possible so when a client comes back in 2 years and asks me to revise a project, I can quickly and easily make sense out of what's going on. ᐧ On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Tim Crowson <[email protected] > wrote: > Even ICE Trees get messy. > > As for Modo, if you have a noodle circling back in Z fashion and it's > distracting you (it bothers me too), you can select that channel in the > node and RMB and choose 'Separate Channel' and it will break that channel > out into a new node. It's still pointing to the same item, but now you have > that channel as its own node and can move it downstream so things are > easier to read. I do that all the time. > > -Tim > > > > On 5/7/2014 9:39 AM, Paul Griswold wrote: > > 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 > > > ᐧ > > > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Angus Davidson <[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]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" < >> [email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday 07 May 2014 at 4:22 PM >> >> To: "[email protected]" <[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 >> >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > > > > > *Tim Crowson **Lead CG Artist* > > > *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, > TN 37214 > *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com > [email protected] > > *Confidentiality Notice: This email, including attachments, is > confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original > intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error please > inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage > mechanism. Magnetic Dreams, Inc cannot accept liability for any statements > made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of > Magnetic Dreams, Inc or one of its agents.* > > >
