Re: Volumerender problem on instanced pointclouds

2013-03-04 Thread Arda Sernaz
Thanks, i've tested it also but when it comes to simulation same problem again. My pointcloud is simulated by the way. Cheers. On 01.03.2013 18:59, Stephen Blair wrote: Create a Model Instance of the candle (CTRL+I) In the point cloud, create instances of that Model Instance. Otherwise, it

Re: ice: find most commonly occurring item in array

2013-03-04 Thread Jules Stevenson
Thank you all, this is all gold. It was a toughie too, my brain ran out of space trying to sort it... On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Julian jul...@exch.demon.co.uk wrote: Here's a way without generate sample set or repeats. I think it works OK but doesn't cater for scenarios where you have

Re: Volumerender problem on instanced pointclouds

2013-03-04 Thread Stephen Blair
As is mine. On 04/03/2013 3:02 AM, Arda Sernaz wrote: Thanks, i've tested it also but when it comes to simulation same problem again. My pointcloud is simulated by the way. Cheers. On 01.03.2013 18:59, Stephen Blair wrote: Create a Model Instance of the candle (CTRL+I) In the point cloud,

Re: Scntoc Res Manager v 1.0 released

2013-03-04 Thread Alok Gandhi
Just a quick note for those cloning the repo: The usual way to clone the repo is by the https : https://github.com/alok1974/scntocResManager.git For the SSH method an SSH key is required which I need to install on github.com. So I recommend using the http method above for you guys if you want to

Re: Softimage rental?

2013-03-04 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Isn't Soft free with Maya now!? Isn't a rental of Maya, in effect, a Rental of Soft!? On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Byron Nash byronn...@gmail.com wrote: I discovered the other day that Maya has a 90 day rental for $199. Do they offer the same thing for Softimage if you install the

Re: Scntoc Res Manager v 1.0 released

2013-03-04 Thread Debdas Mohanty
Nice work Alok...m waiting for the addon version...hope you share it soon...

Re: Volumerender problem on instanced pointclouds

2013-03-04 Thread Arda Sernaz
Are you using 2013 ?And If it is possible, can you share your scene? Thanks. On 04.03.2013 12:27, Stephen Blair wrote: As is mine. On 04/03/2013 3:02 AM, Arda Sernaz wrote: Thanks, i've tested it also but when it comes to simulation same problem again. My pointcloud is simulated by the way.

render setting preset

2013-03-04 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
Hello, I'd to set all my render settings, anti-aliasing, optimization, frame settings, output resolution format etc and save it as a single preset that recalls all these parameters. Is there a way to do that without making separate passes? -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced

RE: render setting preset

2013-03-04 Thread Gareth Bell
..as in global settings? Render Renderer Options Render Scene Options From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com on behalf of Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] Sent: Mon 04/03/2013 16:07 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: render setting

Re: Scntoc Res Manager v 1.0 released

2013-03-04 Thread Vladimir Jankijevic
Hi Alok, there are some minor problems on linux here. - changing styles get me this: Traceback (most recent call last): ... File /nfshome/vladi/scntocResManager/widgets.py, line 81, in setColor raise Exception('Style Path - %s does not exist !!' % p) this is due to the fact that linux is

RE: render setting preset

2013-03-04 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
No, not really. These are the things I want to save, but as a single preset on disk. For example in either of those dialogs I can save or load a preset, and save it as a DS Preset or .preset. But what I'd really like to do is save the preset from Render Manager so that everything for all of

Re: render setting preset

2013-03-04 Thread Eric Thivierge
Hey Joey, My ET_PassManager can do this. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3533340/ET_Tools/ET_PassManager_v3.0.xsiaddon.zip You can uncheck the pass and partition options in the GUI and only have it export the Scene Render options and the Renderer Settings. Then import it into your new scenes and they

Re: Scntoc Res Manager v 1.0 released

2013-03-04 Thread Alok Gandhi
Thanks for bugs vlad. Honestly I did not test this on linux or mac yet, but will surely do so in a day or two. Of course changing the res path is a good idea. Will incorporate this as well. Not sure about the segfault, will check that too. Sent from my iPhone On 2013-03-04, at 11:36 AM,

Re: render setting preset

2013-03-04 Thread Matt Morris
Just wanted to say thanks for releasing this Eric, its already saved me time and frustration. On 4 March 2013 16:38, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Joey, My ET_PassManager can do this. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3533340/ET_Tools/ET_PassManager_v3.0.xsiaddon.zip You can

RE: render setting preset

2013-03-04 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
Eric, Thanks. I'll give it a try. -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the

RE: generate thumbnail on emdl export

2013-03-04 Thread Grahame Fuller
Also, don't forget there are standalones that you can launch to get/set thumbnails. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2013/en_us/userguide/index.html?url=files/appendix_standalones_CreatingandExtractingThumbnailImagesforPresets.htm,topicNumber=d30e436555 gray From:

Re: Emit particles from camera FOV

2013-03-04 Thread Alok Gandhi
Hmmm, I think I have done it once for an effect. The workflow was really not that straight. I was emitting particles from a ground mesh. As a first pass, I was writing a weight map on the geo based on the camera move, setting value of 1.0 for all vertex in fov and 0 for non-visible. Then I froze

Pyton: Connect ice ports together via object model?

2013-03-04 Thread Jules Stevenson
I'm thinking it's not possible? I can't find anything that would let me do it, please tell me I'm wrong :). Many thanks, Jules

Re: Pyton: Connect ice ports together via object model?

2013-03-04 Thread Peter Agg
Prepare yourself for some ugly, ugly code when it comes to ICE! Nice long command names as well. :) On 4 March 2013 17:55, Jules Stevenson droolz...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm thinking it's not possible? I can't find anything that would let me do it, please tell me I'm wrong :). Many thanks,

Re: Pyton: Connect ice ports together via object model?

2013-03-04 Thread Eric Thivierge
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Peter Agg peter@googlemail.com wrote: Prepare yourself for some ugly, ugly code when it comes to ICE! Nice long command names as well. :) Indeed. A mix of OM and commands is necessary. You can query ports via OM but you'll need to use commands to connect

Re: Emit particles from camera FOV

2013-03-04 Thread Gene Crucean
Well it's a little more complicated than that because I need to paint with the fov :) So the accumulation of particles over time is required. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Alok Gandhi alok.gandhi2...@gmail.comwrote: Hmmm, I think I have done it once for an effect. The workflow was really

Re: Pyton: Connect ice ports together via object model?

2013-03-04 Thread Peter Agg
I would say that this is where a more functional programming approach may be neater. That way you can hide all the nastyness away in small functions elsewhere and then just stick a suspiciously tidy looking map() in the main Execute. On 4 March 2013 18:02, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@gmail.com

Tracking eye-lines

2013-03-04 Thread Scott Lange
Happy Monday Folks, Any suggestions on tracking eye-lines in live action to follow a 3D character? I haven't had to do this before, to this level of specificity. I am pretty good on general tracking, just looking for something to save me a little time. Thanks Scott Lange Animation

Re: generate thumbnail on emdl export

2013-03-04 Thread Stefan Andersson
Aha! Cool, I'll try that and see how it goes. Thanks! Regards Stefan -- Sent from a phone booth in purgatory On Mar 4, 2013, at 18:06, Grahame Fuller grahame.ful...@autodesk.com wrote: Also, don't forget there are standalones that you can launch to get/set thumbnails.

Re: Pyton: Connect ice ports together via object model?

2013-03-04 Thread Alok
Yes it is ugly, Some time ago somebody asked on the list making trees on geo to manipulate the transforms when the geo was reading a cache file. I did some quick script example. Maybe you can find this a good start:

Re: Scntoc Res Manager v 1.0 released

2013-03-04 Thread Alok
Vlad, the bug for the stylesheet on linux is fixed ! Apparently the paths were all small case but linux was not liking the _ in the txt file name. You pull again or download the zip again. For the segfault, I did not get any on ubuntu 12.04 (perfect pangolin) it was working all fine. If you

Re: Tracking eye-lines

2013-03-04 Thread peter_b
just thinking out loud... haven’t done this but it sounds like an interesting challenge. you could track a scanned face to the filmed one (I think pftrack can do this and others too) that could be a good starting point to correctly place the eyeballs – remember the eyeballs would be sitting at

fader override

2013-03-04 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
Hi, I'm looking for a way to construct a fader for an object and in some cases multiple objects simultaneously. I have an object that has a material which is multi-transparent, in other words think grid with a line and fill of different opacities. There are several of these. What I would

cloud tutorials

2013-03-04 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
Are there any tutorials out there on how to create clouds in Soft with either ICE , Lagoa , or any other method? I'm looking for a way to create static clouds, preferably volumetric, that can be shaped to a custom volume. -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES)

Re: generate thumbnail on emdl export

2013-03-04 Thread Alan Fregtman
Neat! For emdls, does it get embedded in the file or is it merely a pointer to a file in the /Project/Thumbnails folder? On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Grahame Fuller grahame.ful...@autodesk.com wrote: Also, don't forget there are standalones that you can launch to get/set thumbnails.

RE: generate thumbnail on emdl export

2013-03-04 Thread Grahame Fuller
It seems to be embedded. gray From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alan Fregtman Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 03:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: generate thumbnail on emdl export Neat! For emdls, does

Re: Emit particles from camera FOV

2013-03-04 Thread Gene Crucean
Sheesh. Didn't even get a chance to try myself yet lol. This list can be pretty fast at times. Thanks Vincent I'll play with it in a bit. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Vincent Ullmann vincent.ullm...@googlemail.com wrote: maybe this could help: a compound that creates a Grid of Pixels

Re: fader override

2013-03-04 Thread Toonafish
maybe you could use the Card_Opacity shader ? If you plug every material into in the card_opacity node, you could fade the opacity of each object with an override, without affecting the transparencies of the materials. - Ronald On 3/4/2013 21:32, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote:

Re: cloud tutorials

2013-03-04 Thread olivier jeannel
Someone recently posted that link : http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=12544118id=15505585siteID=123112 Le 04/03/2013 21:35, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] a écrit : Are there any tutorials out there on how to create clouds in Soft with either ICE , Lagoa , or any other

Re: cloud tutorials

2013-03-04 Thread Gustavo Eggert Boehs
Good stuff Olivier... The rolling flames look also quite nice :) 2013/3/4 olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr Someone recently posted that link : http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=12544118id=15505585siteID=123112 Le 04/03/2013 21:35, Ponthieux, Joseph G.

Re: adding group related ActionDeltaItems

2013-03-04 Thread Alan Fregtman
You cannot edit them easily I think, but you can definitely delete the offending rows, and if Record is ON, when you add something to a group or partition, it will get jotted down in the delta right away. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Enrique Caballero enriquecaball...@gmail.com wrote: