I've found the problem, the polygon to vertex attribute isn't working with an
array as input... But it does in a "special" version.
Sorry about that, I'll post a script that
generate the coordinates and temporary replace the init compound.
Cheers!
> Le 28 déc. 2013 à 18:06, Vincent Ullmann <vincent.ullm...@googlemail.com> a
> écrit :
>
> Some News:
> Same Error here on 2014 SP2
>
> Error could be there:
>
>
> Am 12/18/2013 10:25, schrieb Matt Morris:
>> Using 2014sp2 and have the same error when trying to connect the initPMVC.
>>
>> Thanks for being so generous with your compounds ahmidou!
>>
>>
>>> On 18 December 2013 08:09, Andreas Böinghoff <boeingh...@s-farm.de> wrote:
>>> I got the same error here with SI 2013 SP1.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/18/2013 5:34 AM, Alok Gandhi wrote:
>>>> Hi Ahmidou,
>>>>
>>>> I am getting the same error as Jeremie. From what I concur, the phi
>>>> distribution on sphere node furnishes an array of position which is
>>>> plugged into the direction of the a raycast node. The direction can be
>>>> either a single vector or vector per point of the deformee while you are
>>>> are supplying an array of vector, thereby causing incompatible types error.
>>>>
>>>> I did not have time to compare your implementation with the paper to
>>>> further debug this, but this can give you an direction to further solve
>>>> this issue.
>>>>
>>>> Either that or we are not setting up in the tree in the correct way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Jeremie Passerin <gerem....@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Not sure, I'll try again tomorrow morning..
>>>>>
>>>>> if anyone else on the list is testing it, let me know if it works for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks again for sharing, that might be a nice addition to my tool set !
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 December 2013 17:32, Ahmidou.xsi <ahmidou....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm not in front on my computer, but what kind of error did you got?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 18 déc. 2013 à 11:52, Jeremie Passerin <gerem....@gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nice job Ahmidou !
>>>>>>> Looks pretty straight forward but I wasn't able to make it work yet. :D
>>>>>>> I got an error on the phi distribution on Sphere... I might be doing
>>>>>>> something wrong.
>>>>>>> I'm using XSI 2013, could that be it ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is what I've done
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # python
>>>>>>> xsi = Application
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # Your path here !
>>>>>>> compoundPath =
>>>>>>> "\\\\source\\source\\dev\\passerin\\blurdev\\workgroups\\xsi_blurdev\\data\\Compounds"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xsi.CreatePrim("Sphere", "MeshSurface", "", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.SetValue("sphere.polymsh.geom.subdivu", 24, "")
>>>>>>> xsi.SetValue("sphere.polymsh.geom.subdivv", 24, "")
>>>>>>> xsi.FreezeObj("", "", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.CreatePrim("Cube", "MeshSurface", "", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.SetValue("cube.cube.length", 9, "")
>>>>>>> xsi.ApplyTopoOp("TriangulatePolygons", "cube", "siUnspecified",
>>>>>>> "siPersistentOperation", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.FreezeObj("", "", "")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xsi.SelectObj("sphere", "", True)
>>>>>>> xsi.ApplyOp("ICETree", "sphere", "siNode", "", "", 0)
>>>>>>> xsi.AddICECompoundNode(compoundPath+"\\initPMVC.xsicompound",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.ICETree")
>>>>>>> xsi.ConnectICENodes("sphere.polymsh.ICETree.port1",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.ICETree.initPMVC.Execute")
>>>>>>> xsi.SelectObj("cube", "", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.AddICENode("GetDataNode", "sphere.polymsh.ICETree")
>>>>>>> xsi.SetValue("sphere.polymsh.ICETree.SceneReferenceNode.reference",
>>>>>>> "cube", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.ConnectICENodes("sphere.polymsh.ICETree.initPMVC.cage",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.ICETree.SceneReferenceNode.outname")
>>>>>>> xsi.SelectObj("sphere", "", True)
>>>>>>> xsi.ApplyOp("ICETree", "sphere", "siNode", "", "", 0)
>>>>>>> xsi.MoveOperatorAfter("sphere.polymsh", "sphere.polymsh.ICETree1",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.shapemarker")
>>>>>>> xsi.AddICECompoundNode(compoundPath+"\\PMVC.xsicompound",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.ICETree1")
>>>>>>> xsi.ConnectICENodes("sphere.polymsh.ICETree1.port1",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.ICETree1.PMVC.Execute")
>>>>>>> xsi.SelectObj("cube", "", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.AddICENode("GetDataNode", "sphere.polymsh.ICETree1")
>>>>>>> xsi.SetValue("sphere.polymsh.ICETree1.SceneReferenceNode.reference",
>>>>>>> "cube", "")
>>>>>>> xsi.ConnectICENodes("sphere.polymsh.ICETree1.PMVC.cage",
>>>>>>> "sphere.polymsh.ICETree1.SceneReferenceNode.outname")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 17 December 2013 15:37, Alok Gandhi <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Will check that out, thanks Ahmidou!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Ahmidou Lyazidi
>>>>>>>>> <ahmidou....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Here is a new cage defomer based on this paper:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~ylipman/pmvc/pmvc.htm
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The result is very close the Harmonic coordinates deformation done by
>>>>>>>>> Pixar, but faster to compute, it's also better deformation than the
>>>>>>>>> Softimage factory one.
>>>>>>>>> To use it, just connect the initPMVC compound in the modeling region,
>>>>>>>>> and the PMVC one in the animation region, both on the deformed object.
>>>>>>>>> The cage must be triangulated! .. but once your happy with the
>>>>>>>>> deformation the initPMVC compound may be frozen , and then cage can
>>>>>>>>> be quadrangulated.
>>>>>>>>> The only limitation is that all the point of the deformee must be
>>>>>>>>> inside the cage.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4683
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> Ahmidou Lyazidi
>>>>>>>>> Director | TD | CG artist
>>>>>>>>> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos
>>>>>>>>> http://www.cappuccino-films.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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