Re: Programmatically Close a Torn off Menu

xsi = Application ad = xsi.Desktop.ActiveLayout for N in ad.Views: if N.Type == "Menu Window": print N.GetAttributeValue("metadata") This is gold! I'm really curious as to how you found that. I've been attempting to do more with menus for years, but the SDK functionality is just not th

limit access to workgroup

Hi list, This isn't exactly an SI question but I was wondering if there is any way to limit direct access to a SI Workgroup allocated in a server so it could be used by SI, but not copied or altered. Martin

Re: limit access to workgroup

the problem with that is, if you can read, you can copy :) One way or another :) if you don't mind copying, then give read only access, no? On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Martin wrote: > Hi list, > > This isn't exactly an SI question but I was wondering if there is any way > to limit direct

Re: limit access to workgroup

Not sure if SI likes it, but you could make the WG folder read only? Depending on the server OS, you have to take care of users roles and such. Shouldn't be that hard I guess. Rob \/-\/\/ On 9-7-2013 12:22, Martin wrote: Hi list, This isn't exactly an SI question

Re: limit access to workgroup

As fas I know SI does not write into the WG folder - so you should be able to set user based permissions on the folder so that your admin can read and write, while all the std users can only read - but as mentioned here if they can read, then they can copy! S. On 2013/07/09 11:34 AM, Rob Wuij

Re: Programmatically Close a Torn off Menu

Pure luck...I've never really worked with the Softimage API before, so perhaps my being nieve helped figure this out :). Also as I found out afterwards and this blog post states, you can pass any string to GetAttributeValue and it will

Re: Programmatically Close a Torn off Menu

That's funny ... there is a bug in the tear menu window "get attribute" method It's supposed to return the name of the menu for "targetcontent" but the instead it returns it if the name of the attribute is anything except targetcontent. so you could probably go GetAttributeValue("Luc-Eric") and i

Re: Programmatically Close a Torn off Menu

Thanks a lot, that's good to know. One exclamation mark at too much in the code I guess :-) That's funny ... there is a bug in the tear menu window "get attribute" method It's supposed to return the name of the menu for "targetcontent" but the instead it returns it if the name of the attribut

2014 weirdness

I don't know what's going on with Soft, but both 2014 and 2014 SP1 are giving me some funky behavior... - Removing referenced models from the scene, either by deletion or resolution change, takes ages. By ages I mean 1-10 minutes depending on the model. They used to offload in a snap. - On sev

Re: Car-setup

No car lovers out there :) On 06/07/2013, at 22.41, Pingo van der Brinkloev wrote: > Hey, > > I have an upcoming project where a car(3D) is driving inbetween shapes, that > turn out to be a logo. It's gonna be semi realistic, so I need to make the > cars movements believable. I have a fast ed

Re: Car-setup

>From Andy Nicholas http://www.andynicholas.com/?p=1549 and one for Maya that I'm pretty sure you can create on Softimage http://techartandstuff.blogspot.com/2013/07/how-to-create-accurate-car-steering-rig.html Good luck On 9 July 2013 09:13, Pingo van der Brinkloev wrote: > No car lovers out

Re: Car-setup

Softimage 2012/13? came with a 3rd party addon for this. It was a separate install/plugin. Not sure if this is still the case. Rob \/-\/\/ On 9-7-2013 18:13, Pingo van der Brinkloev wrote: No car lovers out there :) On 06/07/2013, at 22.41, Pingo van der Brinkloe

Re: Car-setup

One tip is to make sure you've got a plan in mind for how to deal with the wheels. There are a few different ways to solve it. Probably the simplest is to render with full 3D motion blur, and use enough transform steps so that the wheels don't do strange things. Of course, this can have an impac

RE: 2014 weirdness

I have a suspicion this is a 2012 bug that you've imported into 2014 because I have not had any of these issues in 2013 or 2014 testing, but have seen them in 2010-2012. I do remember weird hidden gremlins living in 2012 files which is partly why we skipped that version. Try making 2014 conten

UVs from ICE and mesh subdivision

Hello, everyone! I've stumbled across a problem when exporting meshes that have both subdivision enabled and UVs in ICE. Basically, I have a mesh that is generated in ICE, complete with UVs (for example from emTopolizer). I read the geometry data (vertices, faces) through Softimage's API and

PyQtForSoftimage and PyQt 4.10.x

hey everyone has anyone tried version 4.10.x of PyQt with the plugin? i can't seem to get it to work and was wondering if it was just my environment. i was able to get 4.9.4 to work though... if it doesn't work for people, i will need to investigate why. thanks steven

Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

Hey guys, Anybody out there using Soft2014 with Linux have the problem that it sits always-on-top of every other window? It's pretty annoying and I'm wondering if it's just me. We're on CentOS at work. Cheers, -- Alan

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

We're on centOS 6.3 and don't have the problem. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Alan Fregtman wrote: > Hey guys, > > Anybody out there using Soft2014 with Linux have the problem that it sits > always-on-top of every other window? > > It's pretty annoying and I'm wondering if it's just me. We're

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

Maybe it depends on the windowanager. I have the same problem when running Fluxbox, but it seems to be fine under KDE. On 07/10/2013 12:20 AM, Raffaele Fragapane wrote: We're on centOS 6.3 and don't have the problem. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Alan Fregtman mailto:alan.fregt...@gmail.

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

I had that issue once in a while but wasn't consistent between working sessions. Another one I had was the inability to resize the XSI window. Reopening XSI would fix that though. That thing disappeared with the new qfe. Maybe just make sure of the usual thing.. 'always on top' isn't checked, trie

Re: Test

Hi 2013/7/4 Simon Reeves > Hello > > Simon Reeves > VFX Artist > London, UK > > On 5 Jul 2013, at 00:29, Andreas Bystrom > wrote: > > use gmail instead > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> >> 2013/7/4 Sebastien Sterling >> >>> Hello ! >>> >>> >>> On 4

Re: Test

Lo On 7/9/2013 5:59 PM, Paulo César Duarte wrote: Hi 2013/7/4 Simon Reeves > Hello Simon Reeves VFX Artist London, UK On 5 Jul 2013, at 00:29, Andreas Bystrom mailto:andreas.byst...@gmail.com>> wrote: use gmail instead On Fri

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

X, you live and breath animator and layout artist air. You are tainted, your experience with software client doesn't reflect that of "normal" people. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Xavier Lapointe wrote: > I had that issue once in a while but wasn't consistent between working > sessions. Anoth

Re: PyQtForSoftimage and PyQt 4.10.x

AFAIK 4.10 was the first one using Qt5.0, 4.9.x uses what, 4.8? That might be making the difference. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Steven Caron wrote: > hey everyone > > has anyone tried version 4.10.x of PyQt with the plugin? i can't seem to > get it to work and was wondering if it was just

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

As far as I remember Alan is surrounded by animators. In order to understand and control foreign species you have to behave like one!

Re: limit access to workgroup

"not copied" is impossible. If your concern is code protection then you have to look at code protection problems and solutions and not at file management or DCC client solutions. Use of compiled files only (Python binary compiles are trivial to reverse but they will be pretty annoying to read and

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

That's his problems right there then. He's tainted too. He probably engages in talk of arcs and overlaps and the Disney old men and such during lunch break. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Xavier Lapointe wrote: > As far as I remember Alan is surrounded by animators. In order to > understand an

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

Oh crap ...

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

Sometimes... they. they *break* my rigs. **sniff sniff** :^( On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Xavier Lapointe wrote: > Oh crap ... >

RE: limit access to workgroup

Depends on your goals/needs: If you're trying to set up a renderfarm and have a workgroup set up to be used by the nodes, then just put the workgroup on a machine where users cannot reach it. If you're trying to set up a workgroup to be used by users in main production, then you really can't h

Re: PyQtForSoftimage and PyQt 4.10.x

maybe, but i assumed from the name of this file that it was using Qt 4.8.4... http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt4/PyQt-4.10.2/PyQt4-4.10.2-gpl-Py2.7-Qt4.8.4-x64.exe On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > AFAIK 4.10 was the first

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

It's not that hard to do... On Jul 9, 2013 7:56 PM, "Alan Fregtman" wrote: > Sometimes... they. they *break* my rigs. **sniff sniff** :^( > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Xavier Lapointe > wrote: > >> Oh crap ... >> > >

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

In your face ! (learning TD language those days) On 2013-07-09, at 20:27, Eric Thivierge wrote: > It's not that hard to do... > > On Jul 9, 2013 7:56 PM, "Alan Fregtman" wrote: > Sometimes... they. they break my rigs. *sniff sniff* :^( > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Xavier Lapo

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

Don't learn from Eric. It's Bush voting speech, not TD speech, no matter what he tries to convince you of. http://theoatmeal.com/pl/minor_differences4/accents Another successful thread derailing! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, guillaume laforge < guillaume.laforge...@gmail.com> wrote: > In y

Re: PyQtForSoftimage and PyQt 4.10.x

Just to be clear, 4.10 supports both, so yeah, it depends on what you're getting. That looks like py2.7 too. You on 2014? On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Steven Caron wrote: > maybe, but i assumed from the name of this file that it was using Qt > 4.8.4... > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects

Re: PyQtForSoftimage and PyQt 4.10.x

system installed python 2.7 and running softimage 2013 (non service pack)... i was able to work around it by installing the older version, but i figured i would get ahead of the pack and try and sort this out. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

I didn't know Bush was a fan of beer and vagina. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Don't learn from Eric. It's Bush voting speech, not TD speech, no matter > what he tries to convince you of. > http://theoatmeal.com/pl/minor_differences4/

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Don't learn from Eric. It's Bush voting speech, not TD speech, no matter > what he tries to convince you of. > http://theoatmeal.com/pl/minor_differences4/accents > > Another successful thread derailing! N

Re: PyQtForSoftimage and PyQt 4.10.x

I would try 2014 and see how that goes OOTB, if it works you can look at the cpython dependency as the base issue IMO. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Steven Caron wrote: > system installed python 2.7 and running softimage 2013 (non service > pack)... i was able to work around it by installin

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

Eric, I know you even tried to vote for bush as a write in vote last time. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < > raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Don't learn from Eric. It's Bush voting speech, not TD speech, no

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"?

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:02 PM, joshxsi wrote: > Eric, I know you even tried to vote for bush as a write in vote last time. Even if this was true, it's not as bad as you writing in a vote for him... and you're not even American... Eric Thivierge ht

Open source json camera I/O platform

Hey folks, Who's in the mood for some open-source camera I/O code? I'm kind of getting bummed out on having to write the same camera tools at every studio just to get a simple, lightweight and most importantly reliable camera pushed around from app to app. FBX does *not* cut it, not to mention it'

Re: limit access to workgroup

My main goal was to share a Workgroup folder for main production, and we have some not compiled (jscript, python, vbs) plugins that we don't want to be copied, specially if we are going to have outsource temporal workers helping us. I'll have to look for another solution. Code protection sounds lik

Re: limit access to workgroup

Can I ask on what grounds? It's very hard to think of something you could write in Python (let alone in JS or VBS) that, without the company's infrastructure, would represent enough of an edge to be protected so fiercely. Unless it's a security risk, and not the "theft" of the tools worrying somebo

Re: limit access to workgroup

We are a small company, and we have some tools that aren't really that great, but the company's owner is asking me if we could do something to protect them. For me they are simple code, but for him they are property of the company. I understand him but I don't think protecting all of our simple sc

Re: limit access to workgroup

In that case I would recommend you prevent contamination and destruction at a filer level through permissions tied to groups, and try to convince the owner the effort of protecting trivialities added to the missed productivity of not offering them to the users usually far out-costs the damage of ha

Re: Open source json camera I/O platform

Gene - this would be of huge interest I think - every studio I have been at we have needed to do this, and have always fudged it - never had the time to even start looking at creating a tool! So - a big yes from me! S. On 2013/07/10 5:09 AM, Gene Crucean wrote: Hey folks, Who's in the mood