Sounds like you're almost there. Are you happy with how to scale and kill the particles?
On 23 May 2017 at 16:08, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II] < j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> wrote: > Patrick, > > > > I need linear emission intervals. The particles need to be spaced evenly. > Turns out, apparently, that you have to hack the “Emit from Null” compound > to make it do that by forcing it to emit on frame intervals instead of > emitting randomly as designed by default. At least that’s one way to do it. > > > > Now I need to set particles to terminate a set distance from the emitting > null and have the particle scale interpolate along that same distance using > two defined particle scale values from start and end and everything is > golden... I think J > > > > -- > > Joey Ponthieux > > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES II) > > Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI) > > NASA Langley Research Center > > __________________________________________________ > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not > > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. > > > > > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-bounces@ > listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *patrick nethercoat > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:47 AM > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ > forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > > *Subject:* Re: ICE instance and travel > > > > What is it you can't control in the emission behaviour? > > > > On 23 May 2017 at 14:33, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II] < > j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> wrote: > > Morten, > > "Create Copies from Polygon Mesh" behaves similarly actually, allowing me > to use a particle emission to control travel. It gets fairly close to what > I want, but I can't seem to control the emission behavior the way I want > it. Been so long since I've used ICE particles. > > I'd have tried doing this in Houdini except I need a quick turn around and > I'm not up to speed on Houdini yet. > > Thanks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Morten Bartholdy [mailto:x...@colorshopvfx.dk] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 4:35 AM > To: Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II] <j.ponthi...@nasa.gov>; > Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ > forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: ICE instance and travel > > Is there any reason why you can't use an animated object and simply > instance it using Set Instance Geometry? > > Morten > > > > Den 22. maj 2017 klokken 20:53 skrev "Ponthieux, Joseph G. > (LARC-E1A)[LITES II]" <j.ponthi...@nasa.gov>: > > > > > > Howdy, > > > > I'm a bit rusty at ICE it would seem, I'm trying to create a network > that allows me to instance a mesh shape and make the instances travel > across a distance. > > > > I was able to use an Empty mesh and "Create Copies from Polygon Mesh" to > replicate multiple shapes using Add or Interpolate. Interpolate is what I > really want but can seem to figure out how to make these copies animate in > a loop across the transform range. I'm sure this is possible but not sure > how to make the instances animate at this point. > > > > Any suggestions would be very welcome. > > > > > > -- > > Joey Ponthieux > > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES II) Science > > Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI) NASA Langley Research Center > > __________________________________________________ > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not > > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. > > > > > > ------ > > Softimage Mailing List. > > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > > > -- > > Brandt Animation > > www.brandtanim.co.uk > 020 7734 0196 > 07717 38 39 40 > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Brandt Animation www.brandtanim.co.uk 020 7734 0196 07717 38 39 40
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