set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-03-29 Thread Sam
I have a null I'm using to raycast onto a mesh and it working pretty good, but I want to be able to adjust the direction by rotating the null and I can't seem to get this to work. There is a direction to rotation node, but there doesn't seem to be a rotation to direction node. Any help is appreciat

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-03-29 Thread Matt Lind
29, 2013 6:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: set raycast direction with a Null? I have a null I'm using to raycast onto a mesh and it working pretty good, but I want to be able to adjust the direction by rotating the null and I can't seem to get this to work. There is a

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-03-29 Thread Andy Moorer
(opens personal toolbox) here you go m8... On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Sam wrote: > I have a null I’m using to raycast onto a mesh and it working pretty good, > but I want to be able to adjust the direction by rotating the null and I > can’t seem to get this to work. There is a direction

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-06 Thread Sam
n handy in the future. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 7:10 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: set raycast direction with a Null? All you need to do is pluck a

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Peter Agg
things in ICE could come in handy > in the future. > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Matt Lind > *Sent:* Friday, March 29, 2013 7:10 PM > *To:* softimage@

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Sam
what to make it work. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:36 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? Just to expand on what Matt

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Andy Moorer
c.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Peter Agg > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:36 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction with a Null? > > ** ** > > Just to expand on what Matt said: > > ** ** > > If you want a direction w

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
..@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Peter Agg > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:36 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction with a Null? > > ** ** > > Just to expand on what Matt said: > > ** ** > > If you want a direc

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Christopher
-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter AggSent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:36 AMTo: softimage@listproc.autodesk.comSubject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? Just to expand on what Matt said: If you want a direction with any object in

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Peter Agg
gt; > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] > *On Behalf Of *Peter Agg > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:36 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction with a N

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Christopher
sometimes I just can’t figure out what nodes need to be plugged in to what to make it work. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter AggSent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 3:36 AMTo: softimage@listproc.autodesk.comSubject: Re: set

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Sam
softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? I would argue your biggest stumbling block is more not knowing the math fundamentals involved, and then thinking it's because you don't know what nodes do what, when if you knew those fundamentals you wouldn't be left

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Peter Agg
desk.com] *On Behalf Of *Raffaele Fragapane > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 2:39 PM > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction with a Null? > > ** ** > > I would argue your biggest stumbling block is more not knowing the math > fun

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
sk.com] *On Behalf Of *Raffaele Fragapane > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 2:39 PM > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction with a Null? > > ** ** > > I would argue your biggest stumbling block is more not knowing the math > fund

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Eric Thivierge
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Mathematics for Computer Graphics, 2nd edition, by John Vince. End of > Story. > Best intro book on the subject you can get if you're starting from near > zero. > I agree on this suggestion and was also led

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Sam
my YouTube upload settings. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 4:13 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? Though, saying that, ICE is

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Sam
: set raycast direction with a Null? Mathematics for Computer Graphics, 2nd edition, by John Vince. End of Story. Best intro book on the subject you can get if you're starting from near zero. Pre-Calc for dummies is also pretty decent for a less CG-ish, more general easing into maths.

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Andy Moorer
I think ICE has tremendous potential as a tool for learning math in a fun and immediately rewarding way, so much so that if I were a parent I'd be pushing hard for my (hypothetical) kids school to adopt it as a teaching tool. After seeing a lifetime of expensive and largely ineffective initiativ

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-07 Thread Andy Moorer
> I guess my biggest problem is that I don’t know what I need to know, which > makes it hard to find answers. I search the internet when I get stuck, but > there seems to be little out there when it comes to my specific problems. > Anyway, that Kahn Academy is very cool. I had never heard of i

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-08 Thread Sam
direction with a Null? I guess my biggest problem is that I don’t know what I need to know, which makes it hard to find answers. I search the internet when I get stuck, but there seems to be little out there when it comes to my specific problems. Anyway, that Kahn Academy is very cool. I had

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-08 Thread Sam
.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 4:13 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? Though, saying that, ICE is one of the bast ways to learn the fundamental maths anyway. Y

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-08 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
cause they are both about ICE). > > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Andy Moorer > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 7:30 PM > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Sub

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-09 Thread Sam
April 08, 2013 11:22 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? You can get in touch with CGS to get confirmation, but I suspect they are streaming only. They had several workshops truly crippled by piracy, and since they moved to a new framework

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-09 Thread Xavier Lapointe
; > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Andy Moorer > *Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 7:30 PM > > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction wi

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-09 Thread Christopher
Behalf Of Raffaele FragapaneSent: Monday, April 08, 2013 11:22 PMTo: softimage@listproc.autodesk.comSubject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? You can get in touch with CGS to get confirmation, but I suspect they are streaming only.They had several workshops truly crippled by piracy, and

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-09 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
In principle I'm not fond of the idea of assuming everybody is a pirate and forcing these always online models on people, so no argument there. They did have a case for it it turns out, but (again in principle) I would have rather have opted out of it and risked losing a few sales, it wasn't possib

RE: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-09 Thread Angus Davidson
[raffsxsil...@googlemail.com] Sent: 10 April 2013 06:44 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? In principle I'm not fond of the idea of assuming everybody is a pirate and forcing these always online models on people, so no argument there. They did h

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-09 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
From:* Raffaele Fragapane [raffsxsil...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* 10 April 2013 06:44 AM > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: set raycast direction with a Null? > > In principle I'm not fond of the idea of assuming everybody is a pirate > and forcin

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-10 Thread Simon Anderson
the only place of learnign that has issues with this. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Angus >> ---------- >> *From:* Raffaele Fragapane [raffsxsil...@googlemail.com] >> *Sent:* 10 April 2013 06:44 AM >> >> *To:* softimage@listpr

Re: set raycast direction with a Null?

2013-04-10 Thread Angus Davidson
roc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>" mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: set raycast direction with a Null? Hey Angus, What Wits course teach's 3D, and 3D in Softimage in SA, Have to say its pretty cool. I Havent heard of any Uni in SA that teach&#