Does the CacheOnFile node support Kai's single-file pc2 sequences? because
KP_PointCache produces a single file per mesh for the whole export. I
imagine Alok's must support this (along with a file-per-frame.)



On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote:

> actually, the cache on file node can read .pc2 files already. give it a
> shot!
>
> but great to have more robust control, kai's version had better support
> for the format.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Alok Gandhi <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> I made a custom ice node for directly reading .pc2 file in ICE. Not sure
>> if somebody already wrote that, but it was fun spending almost an hour of
>> weekend.
>>
>> This implements most of the logic from KP_PointCache by Kai Wolter
>> (available with source code on http://rray.de/xsi/)
>>
>> You can download the addon here <http://bit.ly/Hn9kJ3> (Windows 64 bit
>> only / Works with Softimage 2011 and upwards)
>>
>> The addon has two files:
>> 1. A Custom ICE node for reading .pc2 files. Almost all parameters from
>> KP_PointCache are available in the node.
>>
>> 2. A Compound as wrapper around the low level node to implement the PPG
>> (as there is no way to write a PPG Layout for a Custom ICE node in C++).
>>
>> It is not super useful as you can always put a point cache operator on a
>> mesh and read point positions from that in an ICE Tree but it eliminates
>> altogether the need of an .obj / mesh to read .pc2.
>>
>> Hope it helps somebody somewhere.
>>
>
>

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