Re: Friday Flashback #134

Is this the new Metro UI style of Softimage? I like it! ; ] Am 23.08.2013 21:17, schrieb Stephen Blair: Friday Flashback #134 Screenshot of SOFTIMAGE|3D Matter module: mental ray -- DONE. http://wp.me/powV4-2Pj

Re: mail size limit?!?!

It's less of a good thing when the link goes dead a year from now upon which the thread is found by someone with the same problem and the file is nowhere to be found. Google Groups has been archiving all of this list **with** all attachments. It's a very handy feature. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:3

Re: Soft - tablet - even weirder

Yeah it's the Bosto. What's totally weird is, it worked fine for a very long time. I can only assume something in my system updated itself and is causing an issue. I just don't get the connection between it and Softimage. It's nowhere near a Cintiq in terms of quality, but at under $700 for a 1

RE: Hard surface modeling question

Let's cover both scenarios... If you are going to use a workflow where you subdivide ("smooth") the model pre-render there are some issues with the way you modeled your piece - 1) Concave Quad, and 2) 6 Pole Verts. Neither of those are going to smooth nicely and should be avoided. See here: h

Re: Friday Flashback #134

I think the image in the Matter module is from the movie "Spirited away" for studio Ghibli. After google it I found this : http://aii.lgrace.com/documents/Anim_softImage_Spirited_Away.PDF Cheers, Miquel Miquel Campos www.miquelTD.com 2013

Re: Soft - tablet - even weirder

That is bizarre. What was the make again, bosto? I was thinking about looking into alternatives to the cintiq for my next hd screen tablet. That's one make I'll scratch off my list and just stick with the cintiq for a little while longer. Sorry about your hardware trouble. -Rares On 8/23/2013

Friday Flashback #134

Friday Flashback #134 Screenshot of SOFTIMAGE|3D Matter module: mental ray -- DONE. http://wp.me/powV4-2Pj

Soft - tablet - even weirder

An update on my tablet issues with Softimage. This is just bizarre behavior. If I unplug the tablet from my USB port, I can start Softimage. Once it's running I can plug the tablet back in and everything works great. However, if I unplug the tablet from the USB port while Softimage is running,

Re: Hard surface modeling question

but here he says... "It depends, on some parts I use it, on others I don't." http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=7451715&postcount=154 *shrug* On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Steven Caron wrote: > sure, but in a post he says he isn't smoothing. > > http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpos

Re: Hard surface modeling question

sure, but in a post he says he isn't smoothing. http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=7171444&postcount=55 explains he doesn't like the UV issues with smoothing. but he could be showing us a smoothed version in the viewport but doesn't intend to smooth a render time. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at

Re: Hard surface modeling question

ya, i see bevels... http://www.cantarel.de/external/WIP/MI-24/Mi-24_mdl_Wing_v0050_view02.jpg but the pics szabolcs posted from the thread are confusing, they seem to be pretty low res wires but are shown as smooth shaded without wires. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:32 AM, Martin wrote: > Szabolcs

Re: Hard surface modeling question

Well a lot of times when I render models I render them smoothed, but overlay them with the lo res. So he could be doing the same thing. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Steven Caron wrote: > ya, i see bevels... > > http://www.cantarel.de/external/WIP/MI-24/Mi-24_mdl_Wing_v0050_view02.jpg > > b

Re: mail size limit?!?!

Ha, you know, if this pushes people to discover how easy it is to setup a free free dropbox account, google drive, or skydrive and send a link instead of mailing copies of 700k scene files to a thousand people, I think it's a good thing. Heck, I even got 50 gig free drop box with my Samsung S3 I

RE: mail size limit?!?!

OK, but don't you think <200Kb is little over zealous? _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: 23 August 2013 17:22 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: mail size limit?!?! There's

RE: Particle overlap

Yeah, I see now... From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:11 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Particle overlap First thing I tried and

Re: mail size limit?!?!

There's always been a size limit. On 23/08/2013 11:56 AM, adrian wyer wrote: "Your mail to 'Softimage' with the subject RE: Syflex Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Message body is too big: 1337477 bytes with a limit of 2

mail size limit?!?!

"Your mail to 'Softimage' with the subject RE: Syflex Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Message body is too big: 1337477 bytes with a limit of 200 KB Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will

RE: Syflex

have a play with the mimic feature, and, as Vladimir suggests, animate the object you are mimicking a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Vladimir Jankijevic Sent: 23 August 2013 16:09 To: softimage@listproc.

Re: Syflex

you can constrain the cloth to a mesh and deform the mesh to it's new shape (volume). This should create some nice wrinkles :) On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Szabolcs Matefy wrote: > Hey folks > > ** ** > > Anybody knows a feature that helps me create rubbery elements in syflex? > Like I

RE: Particle overlap

First thing I tried and it doesn't work. So I have a particle cloud with strands defined. Color is coming from the material of the cloud, not the strands. No matter what I've tried I can't seem to get the effect. Alpha appears to be cumulative where there is overlap. I must be doing something w

RE: Particle overlap

Could you use the default constant shader? You can adjust overall transparency and the alpha does not accumulate when stacked. Not sure that is the best way to express the effect but it sounds somewhat like what you are looking for. The only problem may be that by default the alpha from this cut

Syflex

Hey folks Anybody knows a feature that helps me create rubbery elements in syflex? Like I want to create pipe folds. In Marvelous Designer (it's marvelous, really) I can create a line, then tell that it's elastic, and it can shrink to the 80 percent of its original length. How can I do this (or

Particle overlap

I've got several particle strands which overlap. They are also transparent. When they render the transparency is additive where they overlap. I want to render them as though they were a matte, but still transparent. In other words if I were to render them as 100% opaque white as a pass, then red

Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

Ah right, I do remember that one! Thx for the reminder. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/MenuItem.Filter.html On 23/08/2013 7:03 AM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: Let me know in case you want to give it a shot, I have a version that's more stable and refined

Re: Hard surface modeling question

Szabolcs is trying to achieve that result without using bevel or multiple edges in the borders but I don't think that's possible, and I don't think that's what this Max user is doing. Martin On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: > I don't think Max does anything different compa

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Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

Thanks Stephen, I'll take a look at it. Stefan, I'm going to reorganize our workgroup tools so yes I would like to give it a try ! Martin On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: > http://download.autodesk.com/**global/docs/softimage2014/en_** > us/sdkguide/si_om/MenuItem.**Filter

Re: ocean surface generation - arete stylee

You can try Piotrek adaptive subdivision compound. Gustavo modified it and did a similar effect based on camera distance. http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1409&p=23749&hilit=adaptive+subdivision#p23749 On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Amaan Akram wrote: > that would wo

Re: ocean surface generation - arete stylee

that would work very nicely! On 23 August 2013 12:31, Adam Seeley wrote: > Hi, > > I figure thatrather than topo generating, you could get a similar result > by fixing a grid in front of the camera and effectively, shrink wrapping > the grid forward onto a sea plane using the camera as the lin

Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/MenuItem.Filter.html On 23/08/2013 7:03 AM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: Let me know in case you want to give it a shot, I have a version that's more stable and refined than the one that's publicly downloadable. I think what

Re: ocean surface generation - arete stylee

Hi, I figure thatrather than topo generating,  you could get a similar result by fixing a grid in front of the camera and effectively, shrink wrapping the grid forward onto a sea plane using the camera as the line of projection. Adam.  - http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsee

Re: Project folders

Cool, Thats just what i was looking for. Thanks. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Martin wrote: > I don't think so. > This plugin creates a new project and deletes the folders you don't want. > > http://homepage3.nifty.com/jjj/XSIFiles/Plugin/DataManagement/NyuProject/NyuProject.html > > I us

Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

Let me know in case you want to give it a shot, I have a version that's more stable and refined than the one that's publicly downloadable. I think what Stephen means is that Menus can be dynamic in that you can decide to display menu items or not, e.g. depending on what is currently selected (f

Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

Stefan, I've already seen that qmenu and always forget to try it. Thanks. Stephen, nope. I'm not sure what is a menu filter :( Martin On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: > Did you try using a menu filter? > > > On 23/08/2013 12:01 AM, Martin wrote: > >> I have a plugin that o

Re: Project folders

I don't think so. This plugin creates a new project and deletes the folders you don't want. http://homepage3.nifty.com/jjj/XSIFiles/Plugin/DataManagement/NyuProject/NyuProject.html I usually create my projects manually, just copy the system folder from somewhere, and create the folders you want.

Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

Did you try using a menu filter? On 23/08/2013 12:01 AM, Martin wrote: I have a plugin that only works with selected polygons, and I inserted the command in the viewport Component Edit menu with " siMenu3DViewComponentEditContextID ". Now the command appears when I have any component selected

Project folders

Hi guys, is there a way to define which folders are created by xsi on creation of a project. Cheers, Ogi.

Re: ocean surface generation - arete stylee

Hi Adam, I am not aware of any plugin that generates polygon density based on camera distance. It is something that I have often wanted to do with my ocean setups, but never spent the time to come up with a procedural method. Doing this in ICE *should* be possible ( i have never tried it), and exa

Re: Softimage - Tablet issues

Ah thanks for reminding me about the old Wacom-XSI issues. I think I've got a temporary solution. Go into Services, stop the tablet service, start Softimage & then re-start the tablet service. So far, so good. -Paul On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: > by default, sof

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Re: Hard surface modeling question

Likewise for the other non triangles in the immediate vicinity. From: Angus Davidson mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Date: Friday 23 August 2013 10:36 AM To: "softim

Re: ocean surface generation - arete stylee

are you looking for something like this: http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3504 Stephan. am Donnerstag, 22. August 2013 um 23:23 schriebst Du: Hi, For those that remember the old Arete Psunami plugin... I always liked ocean surface geometry generator, the one that gave

Re: Register Viewport Component Menu for specific components

You could try http://www.keyvis.at/cg-tools/tools-for-softimage/qmenu/ I have a plugin that only works with selected polygons, and I inserted the command in the viewport Component Edit menu with " siMenu3DViewComponentEditContextID ". Now the command appears when I have any component selected on