Thanks Gareth!
2013/12/18 gareth bell <garethb...@outlook.com> > an amend for single selection ;) > > http://pastebin.com/sWMQp9Ph > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:28:16 +0100 > > Subject: Re: ICE - How to quickly build low-poly geometry on high poly > meshes > From: 3dv...@gmail.com > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > Wow, that was fast! > Thanks Simon, I'll try it out soon as possible, and I'll take a look at > the script to see whats going on there :) > > Thanks again! > > > 2013/12/18 Simon Reeves <si...@simonreeves.com> > > Actually mine didn't work with multiple objects as it reassigns selection > during the script, school boy error > > here it is fixed > > http://pastebin.com/hxTjBvLr > > > > Simon Reeves > London, UK > *si...@simonreeves.com <si...@simonreeves.com>* > *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>* > *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>* > > > On 18 December 2013 12:20, gareth bell <garethb...@outlook.com> wrote: > > try this ( I hacked some of from Steve Caron's script here - > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/xsi_list/-mDMXnp28aI/9YB0ue8xP9AJ ): > > > > import win32com > > xsi = Application > > coll = win32com.client.Dispatch( "XSI.Collection" ) > coll.AddItems (xsi.Selection) > > #get first objects name so you can use it on the new mesh once it's made > meshName = coll(0).Name > > ops = xsi.ApplyGenOp("MeshMerge", "", "", 3, "siPersistentOperation", > "siKeepGenOpInputs", "") > > # ApplyGenOp returns a collection, if there is a count then the operator > was successfully applied > if ops.Count: > op = ops(0) > op.tolerance.Value = 0 > > # get new merged object > mergedMesh = op.OutputPorts(0).Target2.Parent > > xsi.ApplyTopoOp("PolygonReduction", mergedMesh, "siUnspecified", > "siPersistentOperation", "") > > #name the new mesh > mergedMesh.Name = str(meshName) + "_merged" > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:53:49 +0100 > > Subject: Re: ICE - How to quickly build low-poly geometry on high poly > meshes > From: 3dv...@gmail.com > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > > @Simon: Yes, for my purpose that would be enough > > I'll try by best to create a simple script that allows me to do that, and > also adding a shrink wrap which is a good advice ;) > In case I'll bother you guys with some help for the script :D > > Thanks > > > 2013/12/18 Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com> > > can also even add another shrink wrap on top of it to get reduced mesh > closer to original one if needed > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:33 PM, gareth bell <garethb...@outlook.com>wrote: > > Yes, I agree with Simon on this. A simple script that dupes, merges, > rename's and poly reduces would probably do the trick > > > ------------------------------ > From: si...@simonreeves.com > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:17:24 +0000 > Subject: Re: ICE - How to quickly build low-poly geometry on high poly > meshes > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > > Polygon reduction does a pretty good job for this kind of thing really > especially as you can preserve volume etc. > > Maybe you just need a basic script? > Select some objects, duplicate, rename apply poly reduction to them? > Would that be enough? > > > > Simon Reeves > London, UK > *si...@simonreeves.com <si...@simonreeves.com>* > *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>* > *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>* > > > On 18 December 2013 11:09, Matt Morris <matt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You Could try Guillaume Laforge's convex hull custom ice node: > http://frenchdog.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/happy-2012/ > > > > > On 18 December 2013 10:47, Nicolas Esposito <3dv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm building a set that will be imported into a game engine ( UDK ) > > So what I need to do is to create for each mesh a low poly version of > itself, that will basically behave as an "invisible geometry physical > entity" inside the game engine, means that the player can't go through the > object ( for example a wall ) as its blocking the player > So I'm not too concern about the low poly mesh to be 100% accurate, I just > need some kind of simple geometry. > > I'm doing something similar by duplicating by meshes, join some of them > together, and then apply the polygon reduction tool in order to have a low > poly mesh of the object > > I would like to make a quicker way to create low poly meshes, maybe by > creating a compound that can be shared among the high poly meshes ( or > applied to a group of meshes ), and if possible be able to rename the > created low poly mesh with a suffix named "UCX_" ( which renamer do you > suggest to batch rename meshes?) > > I haven't tried yet to build geometry in ICE, so I was wondering if > something like this can be done quickly in ICE > > Cheers > > > > > -- > www.matinai.com > > > > > > >
