Just to answer my own question: The attribute has to exist in Maya has to exist BEFORE loading in the cache -_-. Afterwards, it work fine - cache the shape ID to a custom attribute, create a float per particle attribute in Maya that has the same name as in Soft and now attach the cache.
Leo -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:58:31 +0200 > Von: "Leo Quensel" <le...@gmx.de> > An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Betreff: custom ICE attribute to Maya > Hey guys, > > since I have not been able to de-instance my simulation so far, > my next approach is to send the particle simulation to Maya (where it gets > rendered anyway), re-assign the instances and de-instance there. > I thought this should be possible creating a custom integer attribute > containing the instance index per point. > > However, I have not found a way to load this attribute inside Maya. I > forced > it to cache by enabling an attribute display for it, and it is inside > the .xml file for the nCache, so it should be there. > Unfortunately that is not the case - he always tells me the attribute does > not exist. > > I found this thread: > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/xsi_list/qXnL5-86mLI > > Where Chris Gardner successfully does the same thing, so I am probably > doing > something wrong here. > Has anyone done something like this and could give me a step-by-step > instruction? > > Cheers, > Leo
