Sorry, sent too soon! meant to add that while I can "pick" scene objects, I can't get them into the "import list" -- clicking "add to import list" clears the picker but doesn't add any entries to the list.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Ed Manning <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Ho. > > I'm probably doing something wrong, but after installing the components, > when I do file=>alembic=>import alembic... I don't get a PPG that looks > like the one in the docs. Most of the PPG components are just missing. > > I noticed also that the english Dictionary file is 0KB and completely > empty of any text. Is this correct? > > I did try substituting the japanese Dictionary file, and got the proper > dialog and was able to navigate, but was still unable to get the importer > to attach alembic data to a scene object. > > Any insights welcome! > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:03 AM, Nuno Conceicao < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Ho >> Please keep in mind the wetransfer link will expire in a couple weeks, if >> you need me to resubmit it using other means please let me know. >> >> Cheers >> >> Nuno >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Ho Chung Nguyen < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Nuno >>> >>> Thanks for identifying this issue, we’ve logged it in our database. >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Nuno Conceicao >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 7:09 PM >>> To: No name >>> Subject: Re: Softimage Alembic Plug-In with Selective Import >>> >>> Sorry Ho, but the mesh I'm importing shows no new ICE attributes, if I >>> do the color map lookup I also don't get any color from the color at >>> vertices either. >>> If I import this .abc file in maya I immediately see one of the CAVs >>> (bifrostVelocity) >>> So either the Alembic importer in Softimage doesn't support these CAVs >>> or I need to force ICE to read them somehow from the file (haven't managed >>> to do that either) >>> I'm supplying a link to the .abc file I'm using for this test if want >>> to have a look (attachment wont work).>> http://we.tl/0eGt6wcODE >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:19 AM, Ho Chung Nguyen < >>> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Hi Nuno, >>> >>> Any property in the .abc file will be imported as ICE attribute. >>> You’ll need to add node Color Map Lookup to the RenderTree to render >>> vertex colors. >>> Note that setting the Vertex Color Display Property on the material will >>> not work if its RenderTree doesn’t have the Color Map Lookup node. Besides >>> this property is only meant for the viewport rendering. >>> >>> [cid:[email protected]]<mailto: >>> [cid:[email protected]]> >>> >>> From: [email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]> [mailto: >>> [email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>] On Behalf Of Nuno Conceicao >>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 12:13 AM >>> To: No name >>> Subject: Re: Softimage Alembic Plug-In with Selective Import >>> This is good news, at least Autodesk is doing something good to help >>> smooth things out in a future transition. >>> >>> If I may request little a feature for this plugin, I notice that Alembic >>> is not importing Vertex Color maps even though they are present on the .abc >>> file exported from Maya. >>> Is this something that can be implemented in a future update? >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Leendert A. Hartog <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>>> wrote: >>> Interesting. >>> Would you please consider registering at the si-community, >>> so all these goodies get announced there as well? >>> >>> Greetz >>> Leendert >>> AKA Hirazi Blue >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue >>> Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com<http://si-community.com >>> ><http://si-community.com> >>> >>> >> >
