he he , I got the feeling you still have your head down under ! testing right now. ;-)
On 2 January 2014 11:27, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com> wrote: > Damn it!! > I just re-updated with the good file. Can you please try again? > > Cheers! > > ----------------------------------------------- > Ahmidou Lyazidi > Director | TD | CG artist > http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos > http://www.cappuccino-films.com > > > 2014/1/2 Jeremie Passerin <gerem....@gmail.com> > >> Thanks for the update Ahmidou ! >> Are you sure you attached the right addon to your post ? >> I only see one command in this addon, no menu and not really some working >> code >> >> This won't work anywhere else but on your machine :D >> >> # python >> sel = xsi.Selection >> sel.AddProperty("E:\\XSI_DEV\\DEV_WORKGROUP\\Application\\Plugins\\PMVC.preset", >> 0, "PMVC") >> Happy new year though ! Hope you'll have a great 2014 ! >> >> >> On 2 January 2014 09:17, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> I've updated the plugin, so now a script is generating the coordinates >>> as static ice attributes. >>> same link: >>> http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=39308#p39308 >>> You'll fin the command in the deformation menu. >>> Tell me if it's working for you. >>> >>> Cheers, and Happy New Year!!!!! >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------- >>> Ahmidou Lyazidi >>> Director | TD | CG artist >>> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos >>> http://www.cappuccino-films.com >>> >>> >>> 2013/12/28 Ahmidou.xsi <ahmidou....@gmail.com> >>> >>> So you are right Vincent :) >>>> >>>> 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> www.matinai.com >>>> >>>> >>>> <ArrayOfLoc_to_ArrayOfArray.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
