You can also do... http://darkvertex.com/wp/2010/11/15/softimage-ice-string-to-particles/
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Jeff McFall <jeff.mcf...@sas.com> wrote: > Thank you, I am beginning to see that this approach is probably going to > be the best way to handle lots of "live" text, especially when using > instances > Trying to use the text operator is coming up short in terms of speed and > does not work well as an instance if at all > > Jeff > > > --Original Message----- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of pete...@skynet.be > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 9:19 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: using ice to drive text ? > > I haven't checked Vincent's example - so don’t know what it does inside. > But here's (hopefully) another approach. > > it's a bit low tech, but can be used outside the scope of ICE, and more > interesting: it can display arbitrary data or symbols - the numericals 0 > to 9, the letters of the alphabet, musical notes, cards in a deck, symbols > on slot machine, anything you want really. > > the trick is in finding how to get the different symbols by just changing > a parameter. > > an easy way in ICE, is by making an Instance group out of the individual > symbols, and driving the ID in the "set instance shape" with the > parameter/variable you want. > > I used this approach way back in Soft3D - driving a shape animation with > expressions. > it was for a digital clock that had to do a countdown - and the shapes > were turning around the individual LEDs that made up the digits. > > in the case of cards in a deck, you could have a card textured with an > animation - one frame for each card - and drive the offset of the texture. > Or a single image containing all images, and animating the texture support. > For the slot machine it would simply be a textured cylinder you turn > around. > > there's probably more fancy and efficient ways to drive data in ICE but > this approach is almost universal. > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff McFall > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:34 PM > To: 'softimage@listproc.autodesk.com' > Subject: using ice to drive text ? > > Hello, > > I thought I had seen a demo at one time of using ice to drive the character > values of text. > > ie I want to display text that reflects the changing numeric values of > variables > > Is that possible? I am not seeing anything to grab that would allow me to > do this > > many thanks in advance > > Jeff > > > > > >
