Re: HQV Causing Major Slowness with File Save and Reference Model Updates

[Graham D Clark]

Thank you

Graham D Clark, Head of Stereography, Deluxe 3D dba Stereo D
phone: why-I-stereo
http://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamclark

> On Apr 15, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Andy Jones  wrote:
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> April 15, 2014
> 
> SOFTIMAGE QUALITYBLEED VULNERABILITY
> Discovered by Security Researchers Gibli, Barosin, Pancres, Friedman, Akita, 
> Jones, Panisset, Barbieri and Piparo
> 
> Psyop experienced a "Eureka" moment today, when an artist discovered that 
> updating referenced models was nearly two orders of magnitude faster when 
> done through RDP (remote desktop protocol) rather than on a local workstation.
> 
> Simultaneously, a different artist in LA encountered issues with slowness 
> saving files in Softimage, and a quick test confirmed that saving the scene 
> via RDP was also two orders of magnitude faster.  This led to a flurry of 
> troubleshooting, and we have since narrowed the problem down to Softimage's 
> "High Quality Viewport" "feature."
> 
> The speed-ups after disabling HQV are nothing short of mind-blowing.  For 
> example, unloading a referenced model took 250 seconds before the fix, and 
> only 3 seconds after the fix.  Meanwhile, a scene that took 15 minutes to 
> save saved in only 30 seconds after the fix was deployed.
> 
> One artist's wife was quoted as saying, "Thanks to the Qualitybleed bug being 
> fixed, my husband finally comes home from work on time!  Now if I can just 
> get him to stop spending all his free time watching Houdini tutorials..."
> 
> Note that the "high quality viewport" preference that causes the problem is 
> enabled by default, Psyop doesn't generally use HQV in our scenes, so people 
> are likely to be affected by this problem whether they are HQV users or not.
> 
> To fix the problem, affected softimage users can run the following Python 
> command:
> Application.SetValue("preferences.Display.high_quality_viewport", False, "")
> 
> There is still much research to be done to find out what kinds of 
> scenes/models are more susceptible to the problem, but we thought we'd bring 
> it up now in case it's costing others time.  Given that the problem was tied 
> in with RDP, it's likely that video drivers could be playing a role, but so 
> far we weren't able to find any settings that would magically eliminate the 
> problem without just disabling HQV entirely.
> 
> Psyop is on a mix of NVidia Quadros and we ran tests with a few different 
> drivers, including the recommended ones.  We also saw the same problem across 
> two different workstation images, in both Softimage 2013 and Softimage 2014, 
> and on a remote worker's home workstation.  So we have reason to suspect it's 
> not a highly specific aspect of our configuration that was causing the 
> problem.  No testing has been done yet on Linux.
> 
> We will be sure to keep this list updated as more information becomes 
> available.  Share your stories in the comments below if you have been 
> affected by this ~100X slowdown in performance, or if you encounter a 
> workstation that is somehow unaffected.

RE: SDK: detecting changes in Custom Operator (C++)

[Matt Lind]

That doesn’t tell me what has changed or why my operator is being called.

If my operator has 7 inputs of various data types, I would like to know that 
input 4 was changed so I can skip any work not related to input 4.  If I have 
to dig through all the input data and compare it to my cached userdata, then it 
kind of defeats the purpose, no?

Example:  my operator takes several inputs:


-  1 Polygon mesh

-  2 NURBS Surfaces

-  4 Weight maps

My operator has 1 output:

-  Clone of input polygon mesh


This operator is a deformer which does closest location searches between the 
polygon mesh’s vertices and the 2 nurbs surfaces.  For each closest location 
operation, I must perform additional math to convert between Non-Uniform and 
Uniform parameterized space.  Overall, It’s very expensive.  If Softimage can 
tell my operator that only vertices 4, 5, and 23 were changed on the input 
polygon mesh, that means I only have to do 3 closest location searches, not N 
(where N=number of points on mesh).  That’s huge savings and a major boon to 
performance.  Likewise, if Softimage tells me only one of the NURBS Surfaces 
was modified, then I only need to perform the tail-end of the calculations to 
deform the output polygon mesh.  Also huge savings.

Some of the overhead of the operator is pulling information from the scene to 
be processed, such as point positions array, getting the NURBS samples arrays, 
or the 4 weight maps.  Even if I compare that data to my cache and discover 
almost nothing changes but a few items, that’s still significant amount of work 
the operator must perform that could otherwise be skipped with proper 
notification.  Besides ways to skip unnecessary work, I’m looking for ways to 
avoid storing mass amounts of redundant data in an operator cache.

Matt





From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jon Swindells
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:56 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: SDK: detecting changes in Custom Operator (C++)

probably stating the obvious here but, wouldn't you just cache the deltas 
(blob, userdata etc) and use that for your
sparse/dirty call on the next eval cycle ?

--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Wed, Apr 16, 2014, at 05:15 AM, Matt Lind wrote:

Is there any way to detect what exactly has changed between calls to a C++ 
custom operator? (eg; which inputs were dirtied?)



I have a custom operator (deformer) which has several inputs.  Each time an 
input is dirtied, the custom operator must iterate through all the point 
positions, samples (UV), and weight maps from the polygon mesh during each 
update, and modify that data using information obtained from the other inputs.  
While my operator computes the correct result, it comes with significant 
overhead.   95% of the time, less than 5% of polygon mesh’s points are 
modified.  It seems like a waste to iterate through all those points when only 
a tiny bit actually changes requiring processing.



I would like to only process points where the positions, samples, and/or weight 
maps have changed between updates and skip the rest.  Is that information 
available to a custom operator?  If so, how do I access it?



To pre-emptively answer the obvious question that will be asked – No, I cannot 
do this in ICE because my custom operator must work with NURBS in a particular 
fashion that is not supported by ICE.





Matt

Re: SDK: detecting changes in Custom Operator (C++)

[Jon Swindells]

probably stating the obvious here but, wouldn't you just cache the
deltas (blob, userdata etc) and use that for your

sparse/dirty call on the next eval cycle ?



--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm





On Wed, Apr 16, 2014, at 05:15 AM, Matt Lind wrote:

Is there any way to detect what exactly has changed between calls to a
C++ custom operator? (eg; which inputs were dirtied?)


I have a custom operator (deformer) which has several inputs.  Each
time an input is dirtied, the custom operator must iterate through all
the point positions, samples (UV), and weight maps from the polygon
mesh during each update, and modify that data using information
obtained from the other inputs.  While my operator computes the correct
result, it comes with significant overhead.   95% of the time, less
than 5% of polygon mesh’s points are modified.  It seems like a waste
to iterate through all those points when only a tiny bit actually
changes requiring processing.


I would like to only process points where the positions, samples,
and/or weight maps have changed between updates and skip the rest.  Is
that information available to a custom operator?  If so, how do I
access it?


To pre-emptively answer the obvious question that will be asked – No, I
cannot do this in ICE because my custom operator must work with NURBS
in a particular fashion that is not supported by ICE.



Matt

HQV Causing Major Slowness with File Save and Reference Model Updates

[Andy Jones]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*April 15, 2014*

*SOFTIMAGE QUALITYBLEED VULNERABILITY*
Discovered by Security Researchers Gibli, Barosin, Pancres, Friedman,
Akita, Jones, Panisset, Barbieri and Piparo

Psyop experienced a "Eureka" moment today, when an artist discovered that
updating referenced models was nearly two orders of magnitude faster when
done through RDP (remote desktop protocol) rather than on a local
workstation.

Simultaneously, a different artist in LA encountered issues with slowness
saving files in Softimage, and a quick test confirmed that saving the scene
via RDP was also two orders of magnitude faster.  This led to a flurry of
troubleshooting, and we have since narrowed the problem down to Softimage's
"High Quality Viewport" "feature."

The speed-ups after disabling HQV are nothing short of mind-blowing.  For
example, unloading a referenced model took 250 seconds before the fix, and
only 3 seconds after the fix.  Meanwhile, a scene that took 15 minutes to
save saved in only 30 seconds after the fix was deployed.

One artist's wife was quoted as saying, "Thanks to the Qualitybleed bug
being fixed, my husband finally comes home from work on time!  Now if I can
just get him to stop spending all his free time watching Houdini
tutorials..."

Note that the "high quality viewport" preference that causes the
problem is *enabled
by default*, Psyop doesn't generally use HQV in our scenes, *so people are
likely to be affected by this problem whether they are HQV users or not*.

To fix the problem, affected softimage users can run the following Python
command:
Application.SetValue("preferences.Display.high_quality_viewport", False, "")

There is still much research to be done to find out what kinds of
scenes/models are more susceptible to the problem, but we thought we'd
bring it up now in case it's costing others time.  Given that the problem
was tied in with RDP, it's likely that video drivers could be playing a
role, but so far we weren't able to find any settings that would magically
eliminate the problem without just disabling HQV entirely.

Psyop is on a mix of NVidia Quadros and we ran tests with a few different
drivers, including the recommended ones.  We also saw the same problem
across two different workstation images, in both Softimage 2013 and
Softimage 2014, and on a remote worker's home workstation.  So we have
reason to suspect it's not a highly specific aspect of our configuration
that was causing the problem.  No testing has been done yet on Linux.

We will be sure to keep this list updated as more information becomes
available.  Share your stories in the comments below if you have been
affected by this ~100X slowdown in performance, or if you encounter a
workstation that is somehow unaffected.

SDK: detecting changes in Custom Operator (C++)

[Matt Lind]

Is there any way to detect what exactly has changed between calls to a C++ 
custom operator? (eg; which inputs were dirtied?)

I have a custom operator (deformer) which has several inputs.  Each time an 
input is dirtied, the custom operator must iterate through all the point 
positions, samples (UV), and weight maps from the polygon mesh during each 
update, and modify that data using information obtained from the other inputs.  
While my operator computes the correct result, it comes with significant 
overhead.   95% of the time, less than 5% of polygon mesh's points are 
modified.  It seems like a waste to iterate through all those points when only 
a tiny bit actually changes requiring processing.

I would like to only process points where the positions, samples, and/or weight 
maps have changed between updates and skip the rest.  Is that information 
available to a custom operator?  If so, how do I access it?

To pre-emptively answer the obvious question that will be asked - No, I cannot 
do this in ICE because my custom operator must work with NURBS in a particular 
fashion that is not supported by ICE.


Matt

Re: BiDirectional dynamics.

[Rob Chapman]

hey Spare, did you solve this?  if it must be a syflex sim and the only way
to solve it is for both meshes to be merged then surely the only issue is
injecting force into the ball?  hit it with a big cube?

also momentum probobly does this *really* wellI but thought I'd have a go
without Syflex or Momentum and use ICE verlet instead and 'Vorlex' for the
RBD simulation inside of ICE. this way I could hack the two systems
together with a pointcloud on the net geometry. see here for an extremely
non robust example and link to scene file
https://vimeo.com/92092218/
is this the kind of thing you meant?





On 14 April 2014 13:11, David Spare  wrote:

> Hello, Chaps.
> I'm hoping that this is a simple thing that I'm being a bit blind to.
> I need to throw a ball at a net.
>
> So I set up a syflex net, and throw a rigid body sphere at it. But
> that doesn't work.
>
> A syflex ball and net doesn't work either. They're aware of each other but
> the net doesn't deform with the ball, the ball just bounces off.
>
> I merged the ball and net and used self collision. This works, but I can't
> control the ball's initial velocities.
>
> I've tried soft bodies too, but without too much success up 'till now.
>
> Lagoa might work, but I have to admit that I struggle with Lagoa. So if
> you have a method I'd need a bit of hand holding...
>
> I think it works with Momentum but I was hoping to get it to work without
> it.
>
> I'm going to have a lot of these nets to do so I'm after a fairly robust
> and simple solution.
>
> Thanks chaps.
>
> Spareman
>
>
>
>
>

Re: SI and Houdini

[Jordi Bares]

Hi everybody… Data management is almost finished, one more guide to go and I 
will move into rigging… check out the latest update just 30 minutes ago.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y0ti6tyf7o3435u/thsQH1Kf2o 

And yes, it is a huge task… but I have found the rhythm so it is a matter of 
sustaining it.  ;-)

Jordi Bares
jordiba...@gmail.com

On 9 Apr 2014, at 02:52, Chris Johnson  wrote:

> Wow Jordi...where was this a year ago? A huge task you've taken on...I'll 
> have to revisit Houdini again and go through all this documentation 
> accordingly. Figure out what I was doing wrong the first couple projects I 
> did with Houdini.
> 
> Thanks very much!
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Martin Contel  wrote:
> Data management makes sense to me.
> 
> Thanks Jordi!
> 
> --
> Martin Contel
> Square Enix (Visual Works)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:20 AM, Jordi Bares  wrote:
> I got that feeling… will do that first then.
> 
> thx
> 
> 
> BTW, for all of you following this thread AND living in London or nearby, I 
> will ask you to please email me privately as I want to test something I have 
> been working on… nothing weird, don't worry.  ;-)  I simply don't want to add 
> noise for those that don't live in London.
> 
> thx
> 
> Jordi Bares
> jordiba...@gmail.com
> 
> On 8 Apr 2014, at 17:59, Oscar Juarez  wrote:
> 
>> I would say Data management since is a bigger scope, which has repercusions 
>> on everything else.
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Cristobal Infante  wrote:
>> what ever feels more natural for you Jordi...
>> 
>> 
>> On Tuesday, 8 April 2014, Peter Agg  wrote:
>> Rigging before data management? 
>> 
>> I think the phrase cart before horse comes to mind! :)
>> 
>> 
>> On 8 April 2014 17:26, Jordi Bares  wrote:
>> My aim with Data Management was to discuss the benefits of approaching the 
>> workflow given all the files are external to the scene, from models, 
>> textures, animation caches, motion, etc…
>> 
>> Referencing is great but brings some major organisation and infrastructure 
>> problems too… for example, we have just finished a job with fluids and has 
>> taken 14 Tb of data!
>> 
>> This was a ver small 80 shots movie done but a couple of guy only so you can 
>> imagine the implications…
>> 
>> Because some of these are not obvious may be Rigging would be a good start 
>> given that you will see the face of caching things out so later when I talk 
>> about that it will make sense...
>> 
>> :-P
>> 
>> On the other hand it may be a good thing to go through that before so the 
>> concepts make sense when rigging...
>> 
>> Difficult decision...
>> 
>> Still up for rigging then?
>> 
>> Jordi Bares
>> jordiba...@gmail.com
>> 
>> On 8 Apr 2014, at 16:08, wavo  wrote:
>> 
>>> RIGGING...RIGGING...RIGGING
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 4/8/2014 11:07 AM, schrieb Jordi Bares:
 And another one!!!
 
 Please let me know if you prefer me to jump to Data management for the 
 next one or Rigging...
 
 http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=31012&start=200
 
 
 Cheers
 
 
 Jordi Bares
 jordiba...@gmail.com
 
 On 4 Apr 2014, at 23:26, Christian Lattuada  
 wrote:
 
> Cheers mate!
> Have a beer, we owe you.
> 
> .:.
> Christian Lattuada
> 
> tel +39 3331277475
> ...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Jordi Bares  wrote:
> :-)))
> 
> In the meantime check the
>> 
> 
> 
> 

RE: 2015 downloads

[Angus Davidson]

Hi Maurice

Thank you.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 07:58 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
I have heard back that Suites, including Softimage will go live on ARC on May 
7th
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: Maurice Patel
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:57 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Yes, I understand. It will be uploaded to the ARC site I am just not sure when 
yet
maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:43 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thanks. Unfortunately installing the trial version doesn't allow us to then use 
the arc License (as it only allows up to the 2014 versions)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 05:33 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Angus,
We are still looking into that one. It’s managed by a different team to the 
student education team.
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:14 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thank you very much.  Now we just need the 2015 versions on the 
academic.autodesk.com site (which is unfortunately still the one I need)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 04:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That’s why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven’t been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Adam Sale]

the speed of fracturing and the sheer number of fractures you can perform
is worth the upgrade alone. We'll be upgrading our site lic shortly.

Adam


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ben Houston  wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> I'll make an separate email about this now, but here is the list of
> improvements, they are massive actually:
>
> IFX4
>
> - Rewritten from the ground up as result has a huge improvements in GUI
> - Added operator-based fracturing as well as the boolean operator
> - Extended ICE nodes set to bring more flexible workflow
> - Speed increased about 2x times while memory consumption is half of
> original
> - Fixed memory leaks
> - Fixed most of crashes, now it just throws an error message
> - Fixed an awful execution time on some of extremely hi-poly meshes
> - Added slicer feature to define arbitrary regions on geometry to be
> fractured
> - Added painting fracture masks by WM or by using B\W textures as well
> as user-defined scalar per-point attribute
> - Added baking of ICE generated geometry into the regular mesh with
> regular clusters
>
> M4
> - Alembic I\O instead of the old plot system
> - Ability to modify the simulation state of objects via null
> - Improved speed of clusters creation\deletion
> - Fixed multiple environment creation each time a scene has been opened
> - Fixed particle rigid body initialization after frame 1
> - Simulation doesn't stop even with minimized XSI window
> - MOM ICE nodes honor the Global Momentum properties mute state
> - The "mute" param is now presented in the main MOM PPG
> - Added simulation speed control in the main MOM PPG
> - Added explicit maximum number of Rigidbodies in scene
> - Fixed collision issues between GImpacts and softbodies
> - Added an experimental collision shape mode - tetrahedron
> decomposition from each triangle - very stable since it is a native
> bullet shape.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Ben Houston
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Greg Punchatz 
> wrote:
> > Well I know I am stocking up on Softimage plug ins atm... His are a tad
> > pricier then the some but as I already have an earlier version Momentum
> ( I
> > don't remember if I bought 3 for home or not)
> >
> >  I would pick it up if there was a feature listOh I see Ben chimed
> in,
> > Ben can you give us a bullet list of features and or enhancements , or
> even
> > better a video?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> > Greg Punchatz
> > Sr. Creative Director
> > Janimation
> > 214.823.7760
> > www.janimation.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Ben Houston
> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
> http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation
>

Re: Momentum 4 + ImplosiaFX 4 official release

[Paulo César Duarte]

Wow, a lot of features, soon I'll buy a license.


2014-04-15 15:01 GMT-03:00 Sebastien Sterling 
:

> Sounds great, a lot of people where looking forward to these.
>
>
> On 15 April 2014 18:38, Ben Houston  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We are pleased to announce the general availability of Momentum 4 +
>> ImplosiaFX 4 as a single package.  One Softimage Alembic license + 2
>> readers are also included so you can start using Alembic as well.  I
>> recommend only purchasing RLM licenses because you need the farm
>> licenses of Alembic.
>>
>>
>> Here is the official list of improvements:
>>
>> ImplosiaFX 4:
>>
>> - Rewritten from the ground up as result has a huge improvements in GUI
>> - Added operator-based fracturing as well as the boolean operator
>> - Extended ICE nodes set to bring more flexible workflow
>> - Speed increased about 2x times while memory consumption is half of
>> original
>> - Fixed memory leaks
>> - Fixed most of crashes, now it just throws an error message
>> - Fixed an awful execution time on some of extremely hi-poly meshes
>> - Added slicer feature to define arbitrary regions on geometry to be
>> fractured
>> - Added painting fracture masks by WM or by using B\W textures as well
>> as user-defined scalar per-point attribute
>> - Added baking of ICE generated geometry into the regular mesh with
>> regular clusters
>>
>> Momentum 4:
>>
>> - Alembic I\O instead of the old plot system
>> - Ability to modify the simulation state of objects via null
>> - Improved speed of clusters creation\deletion
>> - Fixed multiple environment creation each time a scene has been opened
>> - Fixed particle rigid body initialization after frame 1
>> - Simulation doesn't stop even with minimized XSI window
>> - MOM ICE nodes honor the Global Momentum properties mute state
>> - The "mute" param is now presented in the main MOM PPG
>> - Added simulation speed control in the main MOM PPG
>> - Added explicit maximum number of Rigidbodies in scene
>> - Fixed collision issues between GImpacts and softbodies
>> - Added an experimental collision shape mode - tetrahedron
>> decomposition from each triangle - very stable since it is a native
>> bullet shape.
>>
>>
>> You can purchase it at this link here:
>>
>> http://shop.exocortex.com/products/momentum-4
>>
>> There are two discounts available for people who own Momentum 3 and/or
>> ImplosiaFX.  If you own Momentum 3, you can use the promo code
>> "m3upgrade" to get $200 off.
>> If you own Momentum 3 + ImplosiaFX, you can use the promo code
>> "m3ifx1" to get $300 off.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Ben Houston
>> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
>> http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation
>>
>
>


-- 
www.pauloduarte.ws

Re: Momentum 4 + ImplosiaFX 4 official release

[Sebastien Sterling]

Sounds great, a lot of people where looking forward to these.


On 15 April 2014 18:38, Ben Houston  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We are pleased to announce the general availability of Momentum 4 +
> ImplosiaFX 4 as a single package.  One Softimage Alembic license + 2
> readers are also included so you can start using Alembic as well.  I
> recommend only purchasing RLM licenses because you need the farm
> licenses of Alembic.
>
>
> Here is the official list of improvements:
>
> ImplosiaFX 4:
>
> - Rewritten from the ground up as result has a huge improvements in GUI
> - Added operator-based fracturing as well as the boolean operator
> - Extended ICE nodes set to bring more flexible workflow
> - Speed increased about 2x times while memory consumption is half of
> original
> - Fixed memory leaks
> - Fixed most of crashes, now it just throws an error message
> - Fixed an awful execution time on some of extremely hi-poly meshes
> - Added slicer feature to define arbitrary regions on geometry to be
> fractured
> - Added painting fracture masks by WM or by using B\W textures as well
> as user-defined scalar per-point attribute
> - Added baking of ICE generated geometry into the regular mesh with
> regular clusters
>
> Momentum 4:
>
> - Alembic I\O instead of the old plot system
> - Ability to modify the simulation state of objects via null
> - Improved speed of clusters creation\deletion
> - Fixed multiple environment creation each time a scene has been opened
> - Fixed particle rigid body initialization after frame 1
> - Simulation doesn't stop even with minimized XSI window
> - MOM ICE nodes honor the Global Momentum properties mute state
> - The "mute" param is now presented in the main MOM PPG
> - Added simulation speed control in the main MOM PPG
> - Added explicit maximum number of Rigidbodies in scene
> - Fixed collision issues between GImpacts and softbodies
> - Added an experimental collision shape mode - tetrahedron
> decomposition from each triangle - very stable since it is a native
> bullet shape.
>
>
> You can purchase it at this link here:
>
> http://shop.exocortex.com/products/momentum-4
>
> There are two discounts available for people who own Momentum 3 and/or
> ImplosiaFX.  If you own Momentum 3, you can use the promo code
> "m3upgrade" to get $200 off.
> If you own Momentum 3 + ImplosiaFX, you can use the promo code
> "m3ifx1" to get $300 off.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Ben Houston
> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
> http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation
>

RE: 2015 downloads

[Maurice Patel]

Hi Angus,
I have heard back that Suites, including Softimage will go live on ARC on May 
7th
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: Maurice Patel
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:57 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Yes, I understand. It will be uploaded to the ARC site I am just not sure when 
yet
maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:43 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thanks. Unfortunately installing the trial version doesn't allow us to then use 
the arc License (as it only allows up to the 2014 versions)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 05:33 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Angus,
We are still looking into that one. It's managed by a different team to the 
student education team.
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:14 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thank you very much.  Now we just need the 2015 versions on the 
academic.autodesk.com site (which is unfortunately still the one I need)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 04:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That's why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven't been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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Momentum 4 + ImplosiaFX 4 official release

[Ben Houston]

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the general availability of Momentum 4 +
ImplosiaFX 4 as a single package.  One Softimage Alembic license + 2
readers are also included so you can start using Alembic as well.  I
recommend only purchasing RLM licenses because you need the farm
licenses of Alembic.


Here is the official list of improvements:

ImplosiaFX 4:

- Rewritten from the ground up as result has a huge improvements in GUI
- Added operator-based fracturing as well as the boolean operator
- Extended ICE nodes set to bring more flexible workflow
- Speed increased about 2x times while memory consumption is half of original
- Fixed memory leaks
- Fixed most of crashes, now it just throws an error message
- Fixed an awful execution time on some of extremely hi-poly meshes
- Added slicer feature to define arbitrary regions on geometry to be fractured
- Added painting fracture masks by WM or by using B\W textures as well
as user-defined scalar per-point attribute
- Added baking of ICE generated geometry into the regular mesh with
regular clusters

Momentum 4:

- Alembic I\O instead of the old plot system
- Ability to modify the simulation state of objects via null
- Improved speed of clusters creation\deletion
- Fixed multiple environment creation each time a scene has been opened
- Fixed particle rigid body initialization after frame 1
- Simulation doesn't stop even with minimized XSI window
- MOM ICE nodes honor the Global Momentum properties mute state
- The "mute" param is now presented in the main MOM PPG
- Added simulation speed control in the main MOM PPG
- Added explicit maximum number of Rigidbodies in scene
- Fixed collision issues between GImpacts and softbodies
- Added an experimental collision shape mode - tetrahedron
decomposition from each triangle - very stable since it is a native
bullet shape.


You can purchase it at this link here:

http://shop.exocortex.com/products/momentum-4

There are two discounts available for people who own Momentum 3 and/or
ImplosiaFX.  If you own Momentum 3, you can use the promo code
"m3upgrade" to get $200 off.
If you own Momentum 3 + ImplosiaFX, you can use the promo code
"m3ifx1" to get $300 off.

-- 
Best regards,
Ben Houston
Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Ben Houston]

Hi Greg,

I'll make an separate email about this now, but here is the list of
improvements, they are massive actually:

IFX4

- Rewritten from the ground up as result has a huge improvements in GUI
- Added operator-based fracturing as well as the boolean operator
- Extended ICE nodes set to bring more flexible workflow
- Speed increased about 2x times while memory consumption is half of original
- Fixed memory leaks
- Fixed most of crashes, now it just throws an error message
- Fixed an awful execution time on some of extremely hi-poly meshes
- Added slicer feature to define arbitrary regions on geometry to be fractured
- Added painting fracture masks by WM or by using B\W textures as well
as user-defined scalar per-point attribute
- Added baking of ICE generated geometry into the regular mesh with
regular clusters

M4
- Alembic I\O instead of the old plot system
- Ability to modify the simulation state of objects via null
- Improved speed of clusters creation\deletion
- Fixed multiple environment creation each time a scene has been opened
- Fixed particle rigid body initialization after frame 1
- Simulation doesn't stop even with minimized XSI window
- MOM ICE nodes honor the Global Momentum properties mute state
- The "mute" param is now presented in the main MOM PPG
- Added simulation speed control in the main MOM PPG
- Added explicit maximum number of Rigidbodies in scene
- Fixed collision issues between GImpacts and softbodies
- Added an experimental collision shape mode - tetrahedron
decomposition from each triangle - very stable since it is a native
bullet shape.


Best regards,
Ben Houston

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Greg Punchatz  wrote:
> Well I know I am stocking up on Softimage plug ins atm... His are a tad
> pricier then the some but as I already have an earlier version Momentum ( I
> don't remember if I bought 3 for home or not)
>
>  I would pick it up if there was a feature listOh I see Ben chimed in,
> Ben can you give us a bullet list of features and or enhancements , or even
> better a video?
>
>
>
>
> 
> Greg Punchatz
> Sr. Creative Director
> Janimation
> 214.823.7760
> www.janimation.com
>



-- 
Best regards,
Ben Houston
Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Greg Punchatz]

Well I know I am stocking up on Softimage plug ins atm... His are a tad 
pricier then the some but as I already have an earlier version Momentum 
( I don't remember if I bought 3 for home or not)


 I would pick it up if there was a feature listOh I see Ben chimed 
in, Ben can you give us a bullet list of features and or enhancements , 
or even better a video?






*Greg Punchatz*
*Sr. Creative Director*
Janimation
214.823.7760
www.janimation.com 

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Ben Houston]

Momentum v4 is available here:

http://shop.exocortex.com/products/momentum-4

If you own Momentum 3, you can use the promo code "m3upgrade" to get $200 off.
If you own Momentum 3 + ImplosiaFX, you can use the promo code
"m3ifx1" to get $300 off.

:)

Momentum 4 contains a ton of bug fixes over Momentum 3, but it isn't
perfect so be sure to test it.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:28 PM, olivier jeannel
 wrote:
> Ah this one : https://vimeo.com/15461863
>
>
> Le 15/04/2014 18:25, olivier jeannel a écrit :
>
>> It's for sale already. You have to ask Ben. Still waiting for Exocortex to
>> make a little promotion about it.
>> The AD news just devastated their plans...
>>
>> There's a tut about Momentum changing state (so that it doesn't shake)
>> before collision.
>> Can't find it though..
>>
>>
>> Le 15/04/2014 18:15, Greg Punchatz a écrit :
>>>
>>> Everything has bugs... but to try to do this kind of work in softimage
>>> without Momentum is serriously a a giant waste of mony... you are going to
>>> take FAR longer to do this work without Momentum.
>>>
>>> Only thing I would recommend to ease the pain of rendering on the farm is
>>> to pick up a cut of Crate for reliable caching..
>>>
>>> Speaking of Momentum, where did V4 go?? I had read someone had just got
>>> it for their studio in a thread a while back..
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>



-- 
Best regards,
Ben Houston
Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom
http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

RE: 2015 downloads

[Maurice Patel]

Yes, I understand. It will be uploaded to the ARC site I am just not sure when 
yet
maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:43 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thanks. Unfortunately installing the trial version doesn't allow us to then use 
the arc License (as it only allows up to the 2014 versions)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 05:33 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Angus,
We are still looking into that one. It's managed by a different team to the 
student education team.
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:14 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thank you very much.  Now we just need the 2015 versions on the 
academic.autodesk.com site (which is unfortunately still the one I need)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 04:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That's why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven't been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[olivier jeannel]

Ah this one : https://vimeo.com/15461863


Le 15/04/2014 18:25, olivier jeannel a écrit :
It's for sale already. You have to ask Ben. Still waiting for 
Exocortex to make a little promotion about it.

The AD news just devastated their plans...

There's a tut about Momentum changing state (so that it doesn't shake) 
before collision.

Can't find it though..


Le 15/04/2014 18:15, Greg Punchatz a écrit :
Everything has bugs... but to try to do this kind of work in 
softimage without Momentum is serriously a a giant waste of mony... 
you are going to take FAR longer to do this work without Momentum.


Only thing I would recommend to ease the pain of rendering on the 
farm is to pick up a cut of Crate for reliable caching..


Speaking of Momentum, where did V4 go?? I had read someone had just 
got it for their studio in a thread a while back..

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[olivier jeannel]

It's for sale already. You have to ask Ben. Still waiting for Exocortex 
to make a little promotion about it.

The AD news just devastated their plans...

There's a tut about Momentum changing state (so that it doesn't shake) 
before collision.

Can't find it though..


Le 15/04/2014 18:15, Greg Punchatz a écrit :
Everything has bugs... but to try to do this kind of work in softimage 
without Momentum is serriously a a giant waste of mony... you are 
going to take FAR longer to do this work without Momentum.


Only thing I would recommend to ease the pain of rendering on the farm 
is to pick up a cut of Crate for reliable caching..


Speaking of Momentum, where did V4 go?? I had read someone had just 
got it for their studio in a thread a while back..

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Greg Punchatz]

Everything has bugs... but to try to do this kind of work in softimage 
without Momentum is serriously a a giant waste of mony... you are going 
to take FAR longer to do this work without Momentum.


Only thing I would recommend to ease the pain of rendering on the farm 
is to pick up a cut of Crate for reliable caching..


Speaking of Momentum, where did V4 go?? I had read someone had just got 
it for their studio in a thread a while back..

RE: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Szabolcs Matefy]

The main questions I am facing with now is how to maintain the wall’s integrity 
until it is hit? I had a series of wall behind each other, and I’d like that 
the bigger chunks from the collapsing wall would hit the wall behind and that 
would collapse too…At this moment I play with the passive/active rigidbody 
switch…

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Szabolcs Matefy
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

Unfortunately version 3.12 is still seems to be buggy, on 2014SP2 and 2015 too. 
Might sound funny, but I have to prove Momentum’s value to my bosses.

From: 
softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
 [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Adam Sale
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 5:48 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question


Seriously. . Momentum has helped immensely in this regard.. internal uvs and 
all. Worth the price for sure.
On Apr 15, 2014 4:39 AM, "Szabolcs Matefy" 
mailto:szabol...@crytek.com>> wrote:
Hey

I have to do a destruction scene in Softimage. I use the simple shatter to 
break up our geometry with localized density. I do not know, how to maintain 
the UVs. Though at this moment I’m about to use GATOR to transfer the UV from 
the source geo to the fractured mesh

The scene involves a huge stone bullet that will destroy a castle’s wall. The 
issue I have is how to make sure that the fragments don’t fall apart prior the 
impact? I tried to set them up as passive, until the boulder hits the wall, 
then to active but it is not predictable exactly when it’ll hit. I tried to set 
up a sleep mode, but those shard were always falling down.

I have no access to Momentum, the deadline is tight (as usual)

Anyone has some good advices?

Cheers


Szabolcs
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RE: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Szabolcs Matefy]

Unfortunately version 3.12 is still seems to be buggy, on 2014SP2 and 2015 too. 
Might sound funny, but I have to prove Momentum’s value to my bosses.

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Adam Sale
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 5:48 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question


Seriously. . Momentum has helped immensely in this regard.. internal uvs and 
all. Worth the price for sure.
On Apr 15, 2014 4:39 AM, "Szabolcs Matefy" 
mailto:szabol...@crytek.com>> wrote:
Hey

I have to do a destruction scene in Softimage. I use the simple shatter to 
break up our geometry with localized density. I do not know, how to maintain 
the UVs. Though at this moment I’m about to use GATOR to transfer the UV from 
the source geo to the fractured mesh

The scene involves a huge stone bullet that will destroy a castle’s wall. The 
issue I have is how to make sure that the fragments don’t fall apart prior the 
impact? I tried to set them up as passive, until the boulder hits the wall, 
then to active but it is not predictable exactly when it’ll hit. I tried to set 
up a sleep mode, but those shard were always falling down.

I have no access to Momentum, the deadline is tight (as usual)

Anyone has some good advices?

Cheers


Szabolcs
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Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Adam Sale]

Seriously. . Momentum has helped immensely in this regard.. internal uvs
and all. Worth the price for sure.
On Apr 15, 2014 4:39 AM, "Szabolcs Matefy"  wrote:

> Hey
>
>
>
> I have to do a destruction scene in Softimage. I use the simple shatter to
> break up our geometry with localized density. I do not know, how to
> maintain the UVs. Though at this moment I’m about to use GATOR to transfer
> the UV from the source geo to the fractured mesh
>
>
>
> The scene involves a huge stone bullet that will destroy a castle’s wall.
> The issue I have is how to make sure that the fragments don’t fall apart
> prior the impact? I tried to set them up as passive, until the boulder hits
> the wall, then to active but it is not predictable exactly when it’ll hit.
> I tried to set up a sleep mode, but those shard were always falling down.
>
>
>
> I have no access to Momentum, the deadline is tight (as usual)
>
>
>
> Anyone has some good advices?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
>
> Szabolcs
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RE: 2015 downloads

[Angus Davidson]

Hi Maurice

Thanks. Unfortunately installing the trial version doesn't allow us to then use 
the arc License (as it only allows up to the 2014 versions)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 05:33 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
We are still looking into that one. It’s managed by a different team to the 
student education team.
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:14 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thank you very much.  Now we just need the 2015 versions on the 
academic.autodesk.com site (which is unfortunately still the one I need)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 04:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That’s why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven’t been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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RE: 2015 downloads

[Maurice Patel]

Hi Angus,
We are still looking into that one. It's managed by a different team to the 
student education team.
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:14 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Thank you very much.  Now we just need the 2015 versions on the 
academic.autodesk.com site (which is unfortunately still the one I need)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 04:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads
Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That's why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven't been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and 
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RE: 2015 downloads

[Angus Davidson]

Hi Maurice

Thank you very much.  Now we just need the 2015 versions on the 
academic.autodesk.com site (which is unfortunately still the one I need)

Kind regards

Angus

From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 15 April 2014 04:00 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That’s why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven’t been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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Re: Using Bend for animation

[pedro santos]

Oh well that's the whole package isn't it :D
I actually could do this with a simple expression. I just don't know how to
remap within expressions. ICE is so comfy :D

Thanks for the link I only knew agBend.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:42 AM, olivier jeannel
wrote:

> Interesting !
> Just in case this https://vimeo.com/groups/ice/videos/28489254
> is a full ice bending solution. And it works beautifully also.
>
> Le 15/04/2014 11:25, pedro santos a écrit :
>
>  Bend in Softimage doesn't behave alike in other packages. That's fine for
>> modeling and actually gives more options, but I was needing it act as the
>> other bends.
>> This is how I used ICE to get there. Nothing too fancy :P
>>
>> https://vimeo.com/91997040
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
>


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RE: 2015 downloads

[Maurice Patel]

Hi Guys,
Softimage 2015 is now up on the student portal. Checked this morning
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That's why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven't been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.


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Re: theater curtain animation

[Alok Gandhi]

Don't forget to check the ICE Syflex one also, they are in the ICE folder.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:35 PM, royston michaels wrote:

> thanks Alok...will check them.
>
> should have checked there first.
>
>
> On 15 April 2014 13:24, Alok Gandhi  wrote:
>
>> I would use syflex. There are lot of good syflex examples in
>> ..\Data\XSI_SAMPLES\Scenes\Simulation that comes with soft. For your case
>> particularly take a look at syflex_skirt scene example as it closely
>> matches with your needs. But also take a look at other syflex example for
>> setting it up.
>>
>> Cheers !
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:33 PM, royston michaels 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Whats the most flexible method for creating a curtain closing animation?
>>> Something like the curtain closing in this (
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KuKH6oixo)
>>> but not overlapping as it closes and without the ribbons.
>>>
>>> TIA for your suggestions.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>
>


--

Re: theater curtain animation

[royston michaels]

thanks Alok...will check them.

should have checked there first.


On 15 April 2014 13:24, Alok Gandhi  wrote:

> I would use syflex. There are lot of good syflex examples in
> ..\Data\XSI_SAMPLES\Scenes\Simulation that comes with soft. For your case
> particularly take a look at syflex_skirt scene example as it closely
> matches with your needs. But also take a look at other syflex example for
> setting it up.
>
> Cheers !
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:33 PM, royston michaels wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Whats the most flexible method for creating a curtain closing animation?
>> Something like the curtain closing in this (
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KuKH6oixo)
>> but not overlapping as it closes and without the ribbons.
>>
>> TIA for your suggestions.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>

Re: Py: Testing if shader is assigned

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Thanks for the link and the example, it was just what i was looking for.
Im going to bookmark http://xsisupport.com/tag/materials/ for future
reference.
Cheers,
Ogi.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:57 PM, gareth bell  wrote:

> import win32com
> xsi = Application
>
> matColl =  win32com.client.Dispatch( "XSI.Collection" )
> matColl.AddItems (xsi.Selection)
>
> for eachMat in matColl:
> if eachMat.UsedBy.Count == 0:
> print eachMat.UsedBy.Count
> matColl.RemoveItems (eachMat)
>
> xsi.SelectObj (matColl)
> matColl.RemoveAll()
>
>
> --
> From: garethb...@outlook.com
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: RE: Py: Testing if shader is assigned
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:52:56 +
>
>
> http://xsisupport.com/tag/materials/
>
>
> --
> From: ognj...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:47:46 +0200
> Subject: Py: Testing if shader is assigned
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>
> Hi guys, heres a quick one.
>
> I have all my materials in a selection, is there a way to iterate the
> selection and test if the material is assigned to anything and drop it if
> its not?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

RE: Py: Testing if shader is assigned

[gareth bell]

import win32com
xsi = Application

matColl =  win32com.client.Dispatch( "XSI.Collection" )
matColl.AddItems (xsi.Selection)

for eachMat in matColl:
if eachMat.UsedBy.Count == 0:
print eachMat.UsedBy.Count
matColl.RemoveItems (eachMat)

xsi.SelectObj (matColl)
matColl.RemoveAll()

From: garethb...@outlook.com
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: Py: Testing if shader is assigned
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:52:56 +




http://xsisupport.com/tag/materials/

From: ognj...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:47:46 +0200
Subject: Py: Testing if shader is assigned
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Hi guys, heres a quick one.

I have all my materials in a selection, is there a way to iterate the selection 
and test if the material is assigned to anything and drop it if its not?



Thanks in advance.

  

RE: Py: Testing if shader is assigned

[gareth bell]

http://xsisupport.com/tag/materials/

From: ognj...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:47:46 +0200
Subject: Py: Testing if shader is assigned
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Hi guys, heres a quick one.

I have all my materials in a selection, is there a way to iterate the selection 
and test if the material is assigned to anything and drop it if its not?



Thanks in advance.
  

Py: Testing if shader is assigned

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Hi guys, heres a quick one.

I have all my materials in a selection, is there a way to iterate the
selection and test if the material is assigned to anything and drop it if
its not?

Thanks in advance.

Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

[Szabolcs Matefy]

Hey

I have to do a destruction scene in Softimage. I use the simple shatter to 
break up our geometry with localized density. I do not know, how to maintain 
the UVs. Though at this moment I'm about to use GATOR to transfer the UV from 
the source geo to the fractured mesh

The scene involves a huge stone bullet that will destroy a castle's wall. The 
issue I have is how to make sure that the fragments don't fall apart prior the 
impact? I tried to set them up as passive, until the boulder hits the wall, 
then to active but it is not predictable exactly when it'll hit. I tried to set 
up a sleep mode, but those shard were always falling down.

I have no access to Momentum, the deadline is tight (as usual)

Anyone has some good advices?

Cheers


Szabolcs

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Re: theater curtain animation

[Alok Gandhi]

I would use syflex. There are lot of good syflex examples in
..\Data\XSI_SAMPLES\Scenes\Simulation that comes with soft. For your case
particularly take a look at syflex_skirt scene example as it closely
matches with your needs. But also take a look at other syflex example for
setting it up.

Cheers !


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:33 PM, royston michaels wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Whats the most flexible method for creating a curtain closing animation?
> Something like the curtain closing in this (
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KuKH6oixo)
> but not overlapping as it closes and without the ribbons.
>
> TIA for your suggestions.
>
>


--

Re: 2015 downloads

[Angus Davidson]

Hi Jon

I figured as such. That’s why I have been trying to get something official from 
either Maurice or Steve  as it has rather big implications for the edu sector.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Jon Hunt mailto:jonathan.m.h...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 12:58 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version would 
be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon



On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at 
students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up 
via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven’t been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.





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theater curtain animation

[royston michaels]

Hi all,

Whats the most flexible method for creating a curtain closing animation?
Something like the curtain closing in this (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KuKH6oixo)
but not overlapping as it closes and without the ribbons.

TIA for your suggestions.

Re: 2015 downloads

[Jon Hunt]

Hi Angus,
Yes it was during a call with Steve that he said that the student version
would be made available.
Obviously me saying this isn't the official answer.
Jon



On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Angus Davidson
wrote:

>  Hi Tenshi
>
>  Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at
> students.autodesk.com, No 2015 versions are up via the
> academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.
>
>  We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the
> 2015 version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the
> student site.
>
>  I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community
> one month to sort out their entire future and they haven’t been able to
> answer two simple questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in
> either the academic or student download portals in the same time.
>
>  Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has
> been a joke.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   From: "Tenshi S." 
> Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <
> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
> Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 11:08 AM
> To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
> Subject: Re: 2015 downloads
>
>   I'm looking forward for the 2015 student free version.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Angus Davidson  > wrote:
>
>>  Another thing that we are waiting for confirmation of is whether
>> Softimage was going to be available via the free software student portal
>> for another year. (I see the Maya 2015 version is but Softimage isnt)
>>
>>   I am assuming the person mentioned below would have been Steve.
>>
>>  On 3/27/2014 4:03 PM, Jon Hunt wrote:
>>
>>  Hi David,
>>  I had a Skype call today from a chap from autodesk where it was
>> confirmed from the feedback they have received, the free student versions
>> shall be offered for another year (timeframe - iirc it was a year) to aid
>> migration of the education community.
>>
>>  I have certainly found this useful in our plans
>> J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>> *From:* Angus Davidson [angus.david...@wits.ac.za]
>> *Sent:* 14 April 2014 10:37 PM
>>
>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>> *Subject:* RE: 2015 downloads
>>
>>Hi Maurice
>>
>>  Please do. This question was posted on the 18th of Last month (EDU
>> Versions) and we are still waiting for an answer,
>>
>>  Kind regards
>>
>>  Angus
>>
>>
>>  --
>> *From:* Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
>> *Sent:* 14 April 2014 07:36 PM
>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>> *Subject:* RE: 2015 downloads
>>
>>   Hi guys,
>>
>> The software is being posted today to the subs center and for the 30-day
>> trials. I am not sure about the student/edu sites. As soon as I know more
>> I’ll let you know.
>>
>> Maurice
>>
>>
>>
>> *Maurice Patel*
>>
>> Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Jon Hunt
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2014 8:18 AM
>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>> *Subject:* Re: 2015 downloads
>>
>>
>>
>> Me too!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Perry Harovas 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I need to know as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Angus Davidson <
>> angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>> Hi  Marice
>>
>>
>>
>> Stil not reply from you or your academic guy on my last question.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any news on when we will be able to download the 2015 versions of Maya
>> and Softimage from academic.autodesk.wits.ac.za
>>
>>
>>
>> This is very important for us as an new maya course starts in less then 3
>> months and we would like some time with the final release version.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Angus
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Ciaran Moloney 
>> *Reply-To: *"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <
>> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
>> *Date: *Friday 11 April 2014 at 1:29 PM
>> *To: *Softimage Mailing list 
>> *Subject: *SDK: finding parameters that are inputs to an expression
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> working with a parameter object, is there an obvious way to find if it is
>> connected as an input to an expression?
>>
>> I can go the other way e.g. if a param is driven by an expression using
>> Parameter.Source etc., but, I can't see a way to tell if a param is driving
>> an expression.
>>
>> I don't really want to iterate over all expressin nodes in the scene, but
>> perhaps it's the only way...?
>>
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>
>> Ciaran
>>
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Re: Using Bend for animation

[olivier jeannel]

Interesting !
Just in case this https://vimeo.com/groups/ice/videos/28489254
is a full ice bending solution. And it works beautifully also.

Le 15/04/2014 11:25, pedro santos a écrit :
Bend in Softimage doesn't behave alike in other packages. That's fine 
for modeling and actually gives more options, but I was needing it act 
as the other bends.

This is how I used ICE to get there. Nothing too fancy :P

https://vimeo.com/91997040

Cheers

Re: 2015 downloads

[Angus Davidson]

Hi Tenshi

Only the 2015 versions of Maya and Maya LT are up at students.autodesk.com, No 
2015 versions are up via the academic.autodesk.com  portal yet.

We are still awaiting official confirmation to the mailing list that the 2015 
version of Softimage will indeed be offered for another year via the student 
site.

I am very angry at this current time. Audodesk gave the EDU community one month 
to sort out their entire future and they haven’t been able to answer two simple 
questions and activate the 2015 versions of Softimage in either the academic or 
student download portals in the same time.

Incredibly frustrated. Their whole handling of the Academic side has been a 
joke.







From: "Tenshi S." mailto:tenshu...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2014 at 11:08 AM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

I'm looking forward for the 2015 student free version.


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Another thing that we are waiting for confirmation of is whether Softimage was 
going to be available via the free software student portal for another year. (I 
see the Maya 2015 version is but Softimage isnt)

 I am assuming the person mentioned below would have been Steve.

On 3/27/2014 4:03 PM, Jon Hunt wrote:
Hi David,
I had a Skype call today from a chap from autodesk where it was confirmed from 
the feedback they have received, the free student versions shall be offered for 
another year (timeframe - iirc it was a year) to aid migration of the education 
community.

I have certainly found this useful in our plans
J




From: Angus Davidson 
[angus.david...@wits.ac.za]
Sent: 14 April 2014 10:37 PM

To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi Maurice

Please do. This question was posted on the 18th of Last month (EDU Versions) 
and we are still waiting for an answer,

Kind regards

Angus



From: Maurice Patel 
[maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
Sent: 14 April 2014 07:36 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: 2015 downloads

Hi guys,
The software is being posted today to the subs center and for the 30-day 
trials. I am not sure about the student/edu sites. As soon as I know more I’ll 
let you know.
Maurice

Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134

From:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]
 On Behalf Of Jon Hunt
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 8:18 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: 2015 downloads

Me too!
Thanks,
Jon

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Perry Harovas 
mailto:perryharo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I need to know as well.

Thank you.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
Hi  Marice

Stil not reply from you or your academic guy on my last question.

Any news on when we will be able to download the 2015 versions of Maya and 
Softimage from academic.autodesk.wits.ac.za

This is very important for us as an new maya course starts in less then 3 
months and we would like some time with the final release version.

Kind regards

Angus

From: Ciaran Moloney mailto:moloney.cia...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: 
"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Date: Friday 11 April 2014 at 1:29 PM
To: Softimage Mailing list 
mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: SDK: finding parameters that are inputs to an expression

Hi,
working with a parameter object, is there an obvious way to find if it is 
connected as an input to an expression?
I can go the other way e.g. if a param is driven by an expression using 
Parameter.Source etc., but, I can't see a way to tell if a param is driving an 
expression.
I don't really want to iterate over all expressin nodes in the scene, but 
perhaps it's the only way...?


Thanks,
Ciaran
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Using Bend for animation

[pedro santos]

Bend in Softimage doesn't behave alike in other packages. That's fine for
modeling and actually gives more options, but I was needing it act as the
other bends.
This is how I used ICE to get there. Nothing too fancy :P

https://vimeo.com/91997040

Cheers

Re: 2015 downloads

[Tenshi S.]

I'm looking forward for the 2015 student free version.


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Angus Davidson
wrote:

>  Another thing that we are waiting for confirmation of is whether
> Softimage was going to be available via the free software student portal
> for another year. (I see the Maya 2015 version is but Softimage isnt)
>
>   I am assuming the person mentioned below would have been Steve.
>
>  On 3/27/2014 4:03 PM, Jon Hunt wrote:
>
>  Hi David,
>  I had a Skype call today from a chap from autodesk where it was confirmed
> from the feedback they have received, the free student versions shall be
> offered for another year (timeframe - iirc it was a year) to aid migration
> of the education community.
>
>  I have certainly found this useful in our plans
> J
>
>
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Angus Davidson [angus.david...@wits.ac.za]
> *Sent:* 14 April 2014 10:37 PM
>
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* RE: 2015 downloads
>
>   Hi Maurice
>
>  Please do. This question was posted on the 18th of Last month (EDU
> Versions) and we are still waiting for an answer,
>
>  Kind regards
>
>  Angus
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com]
> *Sent:* 14 April 2014 07:36 PM
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* RE: 2015 downloads
>
>   Hi guys,
>
> The software is being posted today to the subs center and for the 30-day
> trials. I am not sure about the student/edu sites. As soon as I know more
> I’ll let you know.
>
> Maurice
>
>
>
> *Maurice Patel*
>
> Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134
>
>
>
> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Jon Hunt
> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2014 8:18 AM
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* Re: 2015 downloads
>
>
>
> Me too!
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Perry Harovas 
> wrote:
>
> I need to know as well.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Angus Davidson 
> wrote:
>
> Hi  Marice
>
>
>
> Stil not reply from you or your academic guy on my last question.
>
>
>
> Any news on when we will be able to download the 2015 versions of Maya and
> Softimage from academic.autodesk.wits.ac.za
>
>
>
> This is very important for us as an new maya course starts in less then 3
> months and we would like some time with the final release version.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Angus
>
>
>
> *From: *Ciaran Moloney 
> *Reply-To: *"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <
> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
> *Date: *Friday 11 April 2014 at 1:29 PM
> *To: *Softimage Mailing list 
> *Subject: *SDK: finding parameters that are inputs to an expression
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> working with a parameter object, is there an obvious way to find if it is
> connected as an input to an expression?
>
> I can go the other way e.g. if a param is driven by an expression using
> Parameter.Source etc., but, I can't see a way to tell if a param is driving
> an expression.
>
> I don't really want to iterate over all expressin nodes in the scene, but
> perhaps it's the only way...?
>
>
>   Thanks,
>
> Ciaran
>
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Re: How can I re-create the "relational" part of a shapeKey

[Alok Gandhi]

I have also used what Josh recommends once or twice and it works.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 7:16 AM, joshxsi  wrote:

> Its nasty but we used to just use a script that set the shape weight to
> 1.0, duplicated the mesh, and re-picked it as a shape and replaced the
> names to match the old one and deleted the old shapekey
>
> This was the old days, pre ICE.. now I would highly advise you use ICE and
> just freeze the key once you've updated it.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Steven Caron  wrote:
>
>> maybe some more information as to why you need the original copy shape
>> operator? my next suggestion would be to make your own copy shape operator
>> that mimics the one in softimage. prototype it in ICE or maybe scripted op
>> and then port to c++?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Tyler Fox  wrote:
>>
>>> *sigh* yeah, I was hoping to avoid the ICE tree.  I've already built it,
>>> and it works, but this is just one of those things that annoys the the
>>> absolute hell out of me. There's an operator that does exactly what you
>>> want already there, but for some reason, there's no way to actually use it.
>>>
>>> And I did some digging through the SDK explorer before I posted.
>>> Everything I do with ApplyOp() or ApplyOperator() gives me some kind of
>>> "Preset object is invalid" error. Then there's no actual preset file for
>>> this operator.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I'm just *slightly* frustrated with this.  I do realize I
>>> probably should have included this information in the first post :-/
>>> Thanks for any extra help you can provide.
>>> ~T.Fox
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Steven Caron  wrote:
>>>
 i have never tried it but you might be able to re apply the 'copy
 shape' operator. have you used the SDK explorer before? recreate the
 operator and go to view>scripting>sdk explorer, navigate to the operator,
 and select it. it will show you info about how the ports are connected.
 then you 'might' be able to use ApplyOp() command with the right arguments
 to recreate it.

 s


 On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Tyler Fox  wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Hopefully this will be a quick question, and I'm just missing
> something easy.
> When we create shapeKeys, there's a preference that allows us to keep
> a link between the source mesh and the shapeKey.
>
> Is there a way to re-create that relational link after its been frozen
> out?
>
> ~T.Fox
>
>

>>>
>>
>


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